Meanings
- not comparableOf, or from, Manhattan.
This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.
1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52Synonyms: Manhattanese
plural Manhattanites
- Someone from Manhattan.
Walter Gaskell was a tall, silver-haired Manhattanite with a narrow waist and broad shoulders, and his blue eyes had the luminous, emptied-out look of a reformed alcoholic's.
1995, Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys, Ch.1, at p.371 more example
The most likely explanation is that Cage imagined Peter as a fop of the first order, the type of ivory-tower Manhattanite whose exalted sense of privilege naturally leads to a hilariously affected manner of speech.
2012 May 24, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: Vampire's Kiss”, in The Onion AV Club
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, or from, Manhattan.
Origin
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Manhattanite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Manhattanite
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