n. [ L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See Urban. ] 1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. “In the suburbs of a town.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ London ] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. “The suburbs . . . of sorrow.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The suburb of their straw-built citadel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suburb roister, a rowdy; a loafer. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. suburbanus. ] Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city. “Suburban taverns.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, . . .
Delight the citizen. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dwells in the suburbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Suburban. [ Obs. ] “Suburbial fields.” Warton. “Suburbian muse.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See Suburban. ] Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]