man about town



man about town

a fashionable man who leads a sophisticated life. He prefers a nightclub to a quiet night at home—a man about town. Bob's too much of a man about town to go to a football game.
See also: man, town

man about town

A man who frequently attends fashionable social functions, as in Fred is quite the man about town these days. This expression, first recorded in 1734, uses town in the sense of "a sophisticated place" as opposed to rural settings.
See also: man, town

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Desislava-Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Putu-Indonesian, Balinese
Atwill['ætwil]
Suri-Yiddish
Carlotta[ka:'lɔtə]
Phoebus-Greek Mythology (Latinized)