adjective

1. of or constituting a metropolis (senses & )
2. designating or of a metropolitan ()
3. ☆ designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller surrounding communities
4. designating or of a mother country as distinguished from a colony, territory, etc.

Etymology: LL metropolitanus

noun

1. a person who lives in and knows a metropolis (senses & ) or one who has the characteristic attitudes and manners of such a person

2. Etymology: LL(Ec) Metropolitanus

   1. an archbishop having authority over the bishops of a church province
   2. Eastern Ch. a bishop ranking just below a patriarch
3. in ancient Greece, a citizen of a metropolis (sense )