Meanings
plural Seattleites
- A native or citizen of the city of Seattle.
It makes me happy that Seattleites rallied around their schools in such resounding fashion. I have one big theory as to why, and it’s a simple one: Seattle schools are actually pretty good.
2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times1 more example
I go all the way down to First Avenue and turn left, leaving the shoppers and the Seattleites behind, and lo! here’s all humanity hep and weird wandering on the evening sidewalk amazing me outa my eyeballs[…]
1965, Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels, page 101
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Seattleite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seattleite
“Seattleite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seattleite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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