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 July 9, The American Stationer‎, page 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, chapter 17, in Niagara,‎, New York: Putnam, page 128:
      There existed a mild division between the Niagara locals and the summerites, but it disappeared this day.

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