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summerite en · NOUN

Etymology

From summer + -ite.

Meanings

1. (US, dated) A summer vacationer; a person visiting a place during the summer (as opposed to one who lives there throughout the year).
   • This bag has an overlapping flap which buttons up, and is possibly intended for those summerites who will visit out of the way places. 1896 July 9, The American Stationer, page 61:
   • There existed a mild division between the Niagara locals and the summerites, but it disappeared this day. 1980, Robert Lewis Taylor, chapter 17, in Niagara,, New York: Putnam, page 128:
   • “Well, Joe, how d’ you feel about hitting the trail, and getting away from these darn soft summerites and these women and all?” 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 25, in Babbitt, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 298:

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year-rounder