Meanings
urbanist1
Urbanist2
plural Urbanists
- CatholicismA Poor Clare who follows or advocates the use of revised codes of conduct in place of the original precepts established by Saint Clare.
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The chief house of the Clares in England stood near Aldgate; it was built by Blanche, queen of Navarre, and her husband Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Darby, son to Henry III. and brother to Edward I. These nuns were Urbanists, and enjoyed revenues. They were called Clares or Minoresses, and their house the Minories...
1759, Alban Butler, The Lives of the... Saints, volume IV, page 87 - alternativeAlternative form of Urbaniste (“variety of pear”).
Origin
urbanist · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*werbʰ-
- Proto-Italic*worβis?
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰerdʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰórdʰosder.?
- Latinurbs
- Latinurbānus
- Middle Frenchurbain
- Latinurbānus
- Englishurban
- Englishurbanist
Urbanist · noun
From Urban + -ist. In reference to Catholic nuns, from the promulgation of a separate rule of conduct by Pope Urban IV.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque hirigile
- hirigileTranslations
Catalan urbanista
- urbanistaTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 城市規劃師 /城市规划师
- 城市規劃師 /城市规划师 (chéngshì guīhuàshī)Translations
Dutch stadsplanner
- stadsplannerTranslations
Finnish kaupunkisuunnittelija
- kaupunkisuunnittelijaTranslations
German Stadtplaner, Stadtplanerin
- StadtplanerTranslations
- StadtplanerinTranslations
Polish urbanista, urbanistka
- urbanistaTranslations
- urbanistkaTranslations
Swedish stadsplanerare
- stadsplanerareTranslations
Cite this entry
urbanist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanist
“urbanist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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