Middle English Dictionary Entry
suburbā̆n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | suburbā̆n n. |
| Etymology | L suburbānus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) = suburb(e n. (a); (b) ?one who lives outside the walls or boundaries of a city or town.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1400(c1340) *Rolle Psalter (Sid 89)Cant.Mo.2.46 : De uinea sodomorum, uinea eorum, et de suburbaniis gomorre: Of þe viner of sodoms, þe viner of þo, & of þe suburbanes of gomorre.
b
- 1468 *Medulla (StJ-C C.22)105b/a : Suburbanus: a suburban [Stnh: subarbe; Hrl 2257: qui manet sub vrbe; Add 33534: manens sub vrbe].