adj. having the customs or manners or dress of city people.
Syn. -- citified. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Cities [ OE. cite, F. cité, fr. L. civitas citizenship, state, city, fr. civis citizen; akin to Goth. heiwa (in heiwafrauja man of the house), AS. hīwan, pl., members of a family, servants, hīred family, G. heirath marriage, prop., providing a house, E. hind a peasant. ] 1. A large town. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. [ 1913 Webster ]

A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city. Blackstone [ 1913 Webster ]

When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word city has no other meaning in English law. Palfrey [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. “What is the city but the people?” Shak.

Syn. -- See Village. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a city. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

City council. See under Council. --
City court, The municipal court of a city. [ U. S. ] --
City ward, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. raised in a city.
Syn. -- citified, city born. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. including or occurring in all parts of a city; as, citywide bussing; a citywide strike. [ WordNet 1.5 ]