See Also: suburban(dictionary)
suburban(dictionary)
suburban health(medicine)
suburban population(medicine)
Suburban Hospital(health)
West Suburban Hospital(health)
Suburban Medical Center(health)
Suburban General Hospital(health)
South Suburban Hospital(health)
West Suburban Bank(finance)

suburban (iou)



suburban noun & adjective. ME.
[Latin suburbanus, formed as SUBURB: see -AN.]
A. noun.
In pl. Suburbs. rare. Only in ME.
A resident in a suburb or the suburbs. LME.
b. adjective.
Of or belonging to a suburb or the suburbs of a town; living, situated, or carried on in the suburbs. E17.
Having characteristics regarded as typical of residents or life in the suburbs of a city; esp. (derog.) provincial, narrow-minded, uncultured, naive. E19.
J. Trollope Elizabeth despised Ann's houseproudness as deeply suburban.
= SUBURBICARIAN. rare. M19.
? As noun in isolated use before M19.
suburbanism noun the characteristics of suburban life; a suburban peculiarity: L19.
suburbanite noun a resident in the suburbs L19.
subur'banity noun the condition of being suburban; a suburban feature: M19.
suburbani'zation noun the action of suburbanizing or the condition of being suburbanized; an instance of this: E20.
suburbanize verb trans. make (a district) suburban L19.
suburbanly adverb M19.