Manhattanite

English

Etymology

Manhattan +‎ -ite

Adjective

Manhattanite (not comparable)

  1. Of, or from, Manhattan.
    • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:
      This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.

Synonyms

Noun

Manhattanite (plural Manhattanites)

  1. Someone from Manhattan.
    • 2012 May 24, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: Vampire's Kiss”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
      The most likely explanation is that Cage imagined Peter as a fop of the first order, the type of ivory-tower Manhattanite whose exalted sense of privilege naturally leads to a hilariously affected manner of speech.
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