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metropolitan

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) metropolitan (noun)
  2. 2) metropolitan (adjective)
  3. metropolitan borough (noun)
  4. metropolitan cross (noun)
  5. metropolitan round (noun)

1met·ro·pol·i·tan

noun \ˌme-trə-ˈpä-lə-tən\

Definition of METROPOLITAN

1
: the primate of an ecclesiastical province
2
: one who lives in a metropolis or displays metropolitan manners or customs
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Examples of METROPOLITAN

  1. <a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitans>

First Known Use of METROPOLITAN

14th century

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Other Sociology Terms

bourgeois, ethos, eugenics, exurb, incommunicado, intelligentsia, megalopolis, metrosexual, mores, subculture

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