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Webster 1913 Edition


Gothamite

Go′tham-ite

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Noun.
1.
A gothamist.
2.
An inhabitant of New York city.
[Jocular]
Irving.

Definition 2024


Gothamite

Gothamite

English

Noun

Gothamite (plural Gothamites)

  1. A Gothamist.
  2. (humorous, dated) An inhabitant of New York City.
    • Washington Irving
      The Gothamites made some semblance of defense, but their women having been all won over into the interest of the enemy, they were shortly reduced to make most abject submission []