city-bred
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈsɪti brɛd/
:
ciudadano
- The smell from the barns was oppressing his city-bred nose.
Examples
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Some of these city-bred men have no knowledge of the real world beyond the walls.
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But to be truly Stephen, one must be a born Catholic and Irish city-bred man.
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Some of these city-bred men have no knowledge of the real world beyond the walls.
Fiction book (1990) -
But to be truly Stephen, one must be a born Catholic and Irish city-bred man.
Academic text (2010) -
Only the city-bred, Hael thought, could hold such a view.
Fiction book (1990) -
Moose County as a city-bred greenhorn from Down Below.
Fiction book (1999) -
Rosalie and Helene, city-bred, did not understand.
Fiction book (1993) -
Their voices, as she imagined them, would have sounded tough, city-bred, and short-tempered.
Fiction book (1993) -
So the baby was turned over to the wife of an impoverished farmer or artisan, or a desperate city-bred woman.
Fiction book (2001) -
Only the city-bred, Hael thought, could hold such a view.
Synonyms
571
2.5
About a city or town rather than the countryside
7
7.0
A person who is polite and confident in social situations
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7.1
Having the manners and style of a person from a city
Having the habits and ways of people who grew up in a city
Having the manners and dress of people from a city
Antonyms
How Urban
121
4.8
571
2.5
1
5.3
234
3.5
- Informal
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
City-bred comes from the words city and bred, where bred is the past form of breed, which means 'to raise' or 'bring up'. So city-bred literally means 'raised in the city', and that is why we use it for people who have the manners or habits typical of city life.