Dictionary

man of the world en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A worldly or sophisticated man, one well versed in the ways and dealings of humankind.
   • I presume that there is no gentleman in Europe that has not heard of the house of Barry of Barryogue, of the kingdom of Ireland, than which a more famous name is not to be found in Gwillim or D’Hozier; and though, as a man of the world, I have learned to despise heartily the claims of some pretenders to high birth who have no more genealogy than the lacquey who cleans my boots, […] 1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “My Pedigree and Family.—Undergo the Influence of the Tender Passion.”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC, page 3:

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woman of the world

Translations (20)

de Mann von Welt (worldly man) · it uomo di mondo (worldly man) · nl man van de wereld (worldly man) · ru све́тский челове́к (worldly man) · fi maailmanmies (worldly man) · pl światowiec (worldly man) · da verdensmand (worldly man) · ia homine del mundo (worldly man) · pt homem do mundo (worldly man) · fr homme du monde (worldly man) · de Weltmann (worldly man) · es hombre del mundo (worldly man) · eo homo de mondo (worldly man) · vec òm de mondo (worldly man) · ro om de lume (worldly man) · la homō mundī (worldly man) · cs světák (worldly man) · mk све́тски чо́век (worldly man) · ja 粋人 (worldly man) · hu világfi (worldly man)