COSMOPOLITES

Noun

cosmopolites

plural of cosmopolite

Source: Wiktionary


COSMOPOLITE

Cos`mo*pol"i*tan (-pl"-tan), Cos*mop"o*lite (kz-mp"-lt), n. Etym: [Gr. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.]

Definition: One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.

Cos`mo*pol"i*tan, 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.

Cos*mop"o*lite (-mp"-lt), a. & n.

Definition: See Cosmopolitan.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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