metropolitan
/ˌmɛtɹəˈpɑlɪtən/ noun C1- A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
- The inhabitant of a metropolis.
Plural metropolitans
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It is a very cold scent upon which the Metropolitan expert is generally asked to run.
“The trains which traverse the lines of rail beside which the body was found are those which run from west to east, some being purely Metropolitan, and some from Willesden and outlying junctions.
According to my experience it is not possible to reach the platform of a Metropolitan train without exhibiting one’s ticket.
“A passenger who passed Aldgate in an ordinary Metropolitan train about 11:40 on Monday night declares that he heard a heavy thud, as of a body striking the line, just before the train reached the station.
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