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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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Suburban, n. Also: suburbyn. [ME suburbanys n. pl. (once, Rolle) suburbs, 17th c. Eng. suburbane adj. (a1625) suburban, L. suburbānus. a. = Suburb(is n. (pl.). b. = Suburb(is n. (pl.) b. —a. c1420 Wynt. ix 681 (C) (see Suburb(is n. (pl.)). —b. c1420 Wynt. v 2928.
A gret part off the cytezanys, And mony off [the] suburbanys [W. suburbynis] … Assemblyd befor the emprioure
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