summerite

English

Etymology

summer +‎ -ite

Noun

summerite (plural summerites)

  1. (US, dated) A summer vacationer; a person visiting a place during the summer (as opposed to one who lives there throughout the year). [from late 19th c.]
    • 1896, The American Stationer, July 9, 1896, p. 61,
      This bag has an overlapping flap which buttons up, and is possibly intended for those summerites who will visit out of the way places.
    • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 25, in Babbitt‎, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 298:
      “Well, Joe, how d’ you feel about hitting the trail, and getting away from these darn soft summerites and these women and all?”
    • 1980, Robert Lewis Taylor, Niagara, New York: Putnam, Chapter 17, p. 128,
      There existed a mild division between the Niagara locals and the summerites, but it disappeared this day.

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