Definition of "cit" []

• Townsman, citydweller (term of contempt) (noun)

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• "I’m no expert, but my under­stand­ing is that the psy­cho­log­i­cal devel­op­ment of eat­ing dis­or­ders is almost wholly unmo­ti­vated by health con­cerns, so I hope I wasn’t being too insen­si­tive in cit­ing wide­spread med­ical belief that being obese will kill you, prob­a­bly faster than being unath­letic."
• "I am what is contemptuously called a cit, yet I was treated with unfailing courtesy wherever I went."
• "To smoke was characteristic of the "cit," of the country squire, of the clergy (especially of the country parsons), and of those of lower social status."