rurbanite

Etymology

From rurban + -ite.

rurbanite means A person who lives in a rurban area; someone who lives in the country but works in the city. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

noun

A person who lives in a rurban area; someone who lives in the country but works in the city.“If you're a farmer in any Connecticut community the chances are that your next-door neighbor is a "rurbanite." He lives in the country. He may call his home a "farm," but he gets most of his income selling insurance, or working as a toolmaker in a brass factory, or teaching school or working on the road for the State Highway Department.”