noun
- a person who lives in or comes from the uptown area of a city, especially the more affluent residential districts
Usage: informal
Examples
- The uptowner rarely ventured into the downtown business district.
- As an uptowner, she was familiar with all the best restaurants in the neighborhood.
- The uptowners gathered at the community center for the annual block party.
- He could tell she was an uptowner by her designer clothes and polished accent.
- The uptowner took the subway downtown for work every morning.
- Many uptowners prefer shopping at the local boutiques rather than chain stores.