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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Cosmopolitan \Cos'mo*pol"i*tan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), noun [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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [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. In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (-m?p"?-l?t), adjective & n. See {Cosmopolitan}. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [syn: {cosmopolitan}] |
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