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Webster 1828 Edition
Suburbs
SUB'URBS
,Noun.
1.
A building without the walls of a city, but near them; or more generally, the parts that lie without the walls, but in the vicinity of a city. The word may signify buildings, streets or territory. We say, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden is situated in the suburbs of London or Paris.2.
The confines; the out part. The suburb of their straw-built citadel.
Definition 2024
suburbs
suburbs
English
Noun
suburbs (uncountable)
- The populated area surrounding a city.
Etymology 2
Noun
suburbs
- plural of suburb