as in native
a usually longtime resident of a locality
visitors to the Florida Keys soon learn that "conch" is a term for a localite as well as a mollusk
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Our list of hard studying localites include, from Beachwood, Celia Edelstein and Dorian Miller.
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Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018
Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018
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“Localite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localite. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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