: a practical or worldly-wise man of wide experience
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Harry Styles is a man of the world, running a marathon in Tokyo one day and enjoying a date in Rome another.—
Ruchira Sharma,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 June 2026 Pelé was always a man of the world.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
26 Feb. 2026 May 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM PDT Listen to this article
For The Union-Tribune
William Beyer is literally a man of the world.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025 Korda is a man of the world, questionable in his business practices and constantly in pursuit of money and power, so obviously the character needed a home worthy of his grandiosity.—
Rachel Wallace,
Architectural Digest,
21 May 2025 Stu is a man of the world — a former prison officer who showed promise as a junior footballer and once trained with Ruud Gullit at Chelsea.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025 Barack Obama State: A man of the world, at this point.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
The New Yorker,
23 July 2024 The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
6 June 2024 As written by Cain, Mark Ulrich's Shakespeare is a well-off man of the world in a hurry.—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2023