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urbanist

noun

Etymology

From Urban + -ist. In reference to Catholic nuns, from the promulgation of a separate rule of conduct by Pope Urban IV.

  1. derived from *gʰerdʰ-✻ — “to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”
  2. derived from urbānus — “of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”
  3. borrowed from urbain — “belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”
  4. suffixed as urbanist — “urban + ist”

Definitions

  1. A person who studies cities and their growth.

  2. An urban planner.

  3. A Poor Clare who follows or advocates the use of revised codes of conduct in place of the…

    A Poor Clare who follows or advocates the use of revised codes of conduct in place of the original precepts established by Saint Clare.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative form of Urbaniste (“variety of pear”).

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