seachangern.
/ˈsiːtʃeɪn(d)ʒə/, U.S. /ˈsiˌtʃeɪndʒər/, Australian English /ˈsiːtʃæendʒə/ Australian.
A person who undergoes a significant change of lifestyle, esp. by moving from the city to a seaside or country area.
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1999 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 27 Sept. 7/4 About 66 percent of men over 45 were likely Seachangers, according to Morgan and Banks research.
2004 Guardian 20 Nov. i. 9/3 In the 1990s..[northern New South Wales] started to attract ‘sea-changers’—urbanites escaping the rat race and pushing property prices through the roof.
2011 C. Gibson & J. Connell Festival Places 265 Some places have attracted ‘seachangers’ and ‘treechangers’, and others have turned to niche food production or tourism.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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