A man who frequently attends fashionable social gatherings

Bartolomew really is a man of the world. He is at ease in every type of environment, he can speak on endless subjects, he always cuts a good figure and is very successful in entertaining all kinds of people

Bartolomeo è veramente un uomo di mondo, si trova a suo agio in qualsiasi ambiente, può conversare su innumerevoli argomenti, fa sempre bella figura e riesce a intrattenere piacevolmente gente di tutti i tipi

George is a real man about town. It's very easy to catch up with him in many literary salons of our town

Giorgio è un vero uomo di mondo. Lo si può incontrare facilmente in molti salotti letterari della nostra città

This expression, first recorded in 1734, uses the word "town" as a sophisticated place opposed to rural settings