Definition: metropolitan

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

metropolitan
     adj : relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan
           area"
     n : a person who lives in a metropolis

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\ (?; 277), a. [L. metropolitanus:
   cf. F. m['e]tropolitain.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a
      country; as, metropolitan luxury.

   2. (Eccl.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan
      or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his
      office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.
      ``Bishops metropolitan.'' --Sir T. More.
Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\, n. [LL. metropolitanus.]
   1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.

   2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop.

   3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His
      rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a
      patriarch. --Hook.