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Dweller vs Cit - What's the difference?

dweller | cit |

As nouns the difference between dweller and cit

is that dweller is an inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen while cit is (archaic|derogatory) townsman, city dweller.

dweller

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
    • The new couple are apartment dwellers .

    Derived terms

    * cellar dweller

    Related terms

    * dwell

    cit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, derogatory) townsman, city dweller
  • * 1856, , The Piazza
    • Not forgotten are the blue noses of the carpenters, and how they scouted at the greenness of the cit , who would build his sole piazza to the north.

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary

    Anagrams

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