cosmopolite
[koz-mop-uh-lahyt]
noun
a person who is cosmopolitan in his or her ideas, life, etc.; citizen of the world.
an animal or plant of worldwide distribution.
RELATED WORDS
voter, civilian, resident, national, settler, inhabitant, taxpayer, villager, dweller, commoner, aborigine, denizen, subject, householder, occupant, native, burgher, burgess, townsperson, urbanite
Origin of cosmopolite
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Historical Examples of cosmopolite
As a cosmopolite, I claim this privilege, at least, though I can see defects in all.
Homeward BoundJames Fenimore Cooper
No, sir, it is the remarkable gift of our people to be cosmopolite.
One Of ThemCharles James Lever
Then you get the real British flavor, which the cosmopolite Englishman loses.
The Professor at the Breakfast TableOliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
Like Herodotus, he was cosmopolite enough not to be narrowly patriotic.
Classic French Course in EnglishWilliam Cleaver Wilkinson
A complete man is intellectually and physically a cosmopolite.
The History of Dartmouth CollegeBaxter Perry Smith
cosmopolite
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