"man about town" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: men about town [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|men about town}} man about town (plural men about town)
  1. A worldly, social man who frequents fashionable places. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: boulevardier, flaneur, man-about-town Translations (a worldly, social man who frequents fashionable places): uomo di mondo [masculine] (Italian), scurra [masculine] (Latin)

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