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Gothamite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɒθəmaɪt/

Etymology

From Gotham + -ite.

Meanings

1. (dated, humorous) An inhabitant of New York City.
   • Twenty-two percent of Gothamites surveyed by the conservative-leaning think tank’s pollsters named the city’s economy as their biggest worry, closely followed by 21 percent who said they were worried most about public safety. 2020 September 1, Nolan Hicks, “Nearly half of New Yorkers think NYC is headed in the wrong direction”, in New York Post, retrieved 07 Dec 2020:
   • The Gothamites made some semblance of defense, but their women having been all won over into the interest of the enemy, they were shortly reduced to make most abject submission; […] [1807 November 11, [Washington Irving [et al.]], “Wednesday, November 11, 1807. Chap[ter] CIX. Of the Chronicles of the Renowned and Ancient City of Gotham.”, in Salmagundi: Or, The Whim-whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and Others, number 17, London: J[ohn] Limbird, […], published 1824, →OCLC, page 120, column 2:
2. (archaic) A Gothamist.
3. An inhabitant of the fictional Gotham City, the home of the superhero Batman.

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