'Cosmopolite' definitions:

Definition of 'cosmopolite'

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noun
A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [syn: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite]

Definition of 'Cosmopolite'

From: GCIDE
  • Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (-m?p"?-l?t), a. & n. See Cosmopolitan. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cosmopolite'

From: GCIDE
  • Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kosmopoli`ths; ko`smos the world + poli`ths citizen, po`lis city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world. [1913 Webster] Cosmopolitan

Definition of 'Cosmopolite'

From: GCIDE
  • Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\, Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\, a.
  • 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. [1913 Webster]
  • In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. [1913 Webster]
  • The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen. [1913 Webster]

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