city dweller

collocation in English

meaningsofcityanddweller

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city
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.i/us
/ˈsɪt̬.i/
a ...
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dweller
noun
uk
/ˈdwel.ər/us
/ˈdwel.ɚ/
a person who lives in a city, town, ...
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(Definition ofcityanddwellerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcity dweller

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The words are spoken by a youngcitydweller, using a 'we' that both includes and addresses the beloved.
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To my mind one of the great drawbacks and defects of our modern civilisation is the divorce of thecitydwellerfrom the land.
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In other words, are the rural workers at long last to have the right to conditions which are comparable with those of thecitydweller?
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I refer to the sheer convenience of the motor car, although for thecitydwellerit is a diminishing convenience.
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Those problems are largely hidden from the gaze of thecitydwellerby the leafy surrounds in which they exist.
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Apart from giving thecitydwellerthe freedom to get out of the city at weekends, it has created an absolute revolution in the countryside.
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One cannot expect thecitydwellerand the urban industrialist to understand this, but it is very deep-seated in the country.
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That is one measurement of the differences of approach between thecitydwellerand the dweller outside the city boundary.
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We learned during the war that apparently it is only in wartime that thecitydwellerbecomes concerned with food production.
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Thecitydwellerhas a rosy view of agriculture.
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Those figures are surprising for a town orcitydweller.
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Thecitydwellerlives tightly packed on the ground.
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Very often thecitydwellerhas no idea where his food comes from or what it costs to produce it.
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Thecitydwellerrarely uses his lungs to their physiological limit.
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For thecitydweller, angling is often his only contact with the countryside and nature.
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It is accessible to all, and it is impossible to escape its impact, because it shapes the form and setting in which thecitydwellerlives and moves.
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