Meaning of man of the world | Babel Free

Definitions

A worldly or sophisticated man, one well versed in the ways and dealings of humankind.

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Examples

“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, […]”

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