cityman

C3I1T1Y4M3A1N1

noun

A man from a city.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nouncityman (plural citymen)

plural citymen

  1. A man from a city.

    They don’t want to be saddled with a bunch of citymen.

    1967, Poul Anderson, “Outpost of Empire”, in The Long Night, London; Sydney, N.S.W.: Sphere Books Limited, published 1985, →ISBN, page 101
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    He wants the frankness (now) of manner which alone could carry a man in his position through an hour’s dejeunering with squab citymen who had no notion of what it would be proper to say to him.

    1855 July 23, E., “Sketches of the Emperor and Empress at Guildhall and the Opera-House”, in The Age, number 237, Melbourne, Vic., page 7, column 6

    In the first year, we even took in a half-dozen citymen and nursed them while they died of radiation burns.

    1975, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “‘. . . for a single yesterday’”, in Robert Silverberg, Roger Elwood, editors, Epoch, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page 246

    We were completely free of any sense of peril, though the streets were full of citymen drawn by the sweet scent of prostitutes.

    1987, Sarah Baylis, Utrillo’s Mother, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, published 1989, →ISBN, page 74

    A twenty-four man ‘committee’ rounded up at Summerhill was strongly suspected of liaising with the mountain bands at Whelp Rock and it was common knowledge that guides known as ‘express boys’ were bringing groups of citymen into the hills.

    2003, Ruán O’Donnell, Robert Emmet and the Rebellion of 1798, Dublin; Portland, Ore.: Irish Academic Press, →ISBN, page 103

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  2. Proto-Italic*keiwis
  3. Latinceivis
  4. Latinceivitās
  5. Late Latincīvitātem (city)
  6. Old Frenchcitet
  7. Middle Englishcite
  8. Englishcity
  9. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  10. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  11. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  12. Old Englishmann
  13. Middle Englishman
  14. Englishcityman

From city + -man.

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APA

cityman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cityman

MLA

“cityman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cityman. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cityman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cityman.

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