5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [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. [1913 Webster] Cosmopolitan From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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. [1913 Webster] In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] 2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. [1913 Webster] The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (-m?p"?-l?t), a. & n. See {Cosmopolitan}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cosmopolite n : a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [syn: {cosmopolitan}] From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: COSMOPOLITE. A citizen of the world; one who has no fixed. residence. Vide Citizen.
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