Cosmopolite

Quick meaning: Cosmopolite is a noun meaning One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.

Meaning

One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.

More Meanings

1. (Canada, US, dated) The butterfly painted lady (Vanessa cardui).
2. (botany) A plant found more or less everywhere in the world.
3. Of or relating to cosmopolites; cosmopolitan.
4. (communication) Oriented, exposed to or open to ideas and influences outside one's own social system or group.
5. (biology) Distributed throughout the world; having a wide geographical distribution.

Example Sentences

[…] the fifties were bad years for the Jews. The campaign against the "rootless cosmopolites" was in full swing […]

International necessities are rapidly breaking down old prejudices and conservatisms, while developing cosmopolite feeling.

First drink a health, this solemn night, / A health to England, every guest: / That man’s the best cosmopolite / Who loves his native country best.

The wild goose is more of a cosmopolite than we; he breaks his fast in Canada, takes a luncheon in the Ohio, and plumes himself for the night in a southern bayou.

Word Forms

• cosmopolites

Synonyms for cosmopolite

Depending on context, synonyms include cosmopolitan, anywhere.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cosmopolitan, cosmographer, globetrotter, cosmographist, globe-trotter, globalizer.

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