I. ˌme-trə-ˈpä-lə-tən noun
Date: 14th century
1. : the primate of an ecclesiastical province
2. : one who lives in a metropolis or displays metropolitan manners or customs
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin metropolitanus of the see of a metropolitan, from metropolita, noun, metropolitan, from Late Greek mētropolitēs, from mētropolis see of a metropolitan, from Greek, capital
Date: 15th century
1. : of or constituting a metropolitan or his see
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis and sometimes including its suburbs
3. : of, relating to, or constituting a mother country as distinguished from a colony