noun. 
                    A large and important town; any large town holding an important position in the state in which it is situated.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    The inhabitants of a city, collectively.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    Medina in Arabia, where Mohammed took refuge when driven by conspirators from Mecca, his native city, a. d. 622.
                  
                
                  
                    
                    Pertaining to a city; urban: as, a city feast; city manners; “city wives,”
                  
                
                  
                    
                    Pertaining to the class of tradespeople, as opposed to people of birth.
                  
                
                  
                    
                    One engaged in mercantile pursuits, as distinguished from one whose interests are landed, agricultural, or professional; a business man.