Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
metropolitan .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A metropolitan.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
metropolitan .
Etymologies
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Latin metropolita, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolitēs).
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Examples
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Beautifully written letters were scattered abroad, addressed to all possible persons, beginning with the metropolite and ending with the riding-masters and professional nurses.
Desperate 1888
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"The configuration of his head, his whole mein, bespoke the metropolite ..
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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