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cosmopolite

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cos·mop·o·lite  (kz-mp-lt)
n.
1. A cosmopolitan person: a true cosmopolitea Renaissance man.
2. Ecology An organism found in most parts of the world.
3. See painted lady.

[Greek kosmopolts : kosmos, world + polts, citizen (from polis, city; see pel-3 in Indo-European roots).]

cos·mopo·litism (-l-tzm, -l-tz-) n.

cosmopolite [kɒzˈmɒpəˌlaɪt]
n
1. a less common word for cosmopolitan [1]
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) an animal or plant that occurs in most parts of the world
cosmopolitism  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cosmopolitecosmopolite - a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
globetrotter, world traveler - someone who travels widely and often
man of the world, sophisticate - a worldly-wise person


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And then a cosmopolite sat in one of them, and I was glad, for I held a theory that since Adam no true citizen of the world has existed.
I freely assert, that the cosmopolite philosopher cannot, for his life, point out one single peaceful influence, which within the last sixty years has operated more potentially upon the whole broad world, taken in one aggregate, than the high and mighty business of whaling.
The travellers were at first completely taken by surprise, and could not but admire the facility with which this ragged cosmopolite made himself at home among them.
 
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