man about town

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man about town

noun men about town · man-about-town

  1. idiomatic A worldly, social man who frequents fashionable places. I'm very much the man about town.

    Similar: boulevardier, flaneur, bon viveur, epicure, epicurean, hedonist, high-stepper, lapling, lotus-eater, pleasure seeker, pleasurist, sensualist

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noun a worldly, social man who frequents fashionable places

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@misc{man_about_town_2026,
  title = {man about town},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/man%20about%20town},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}