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Webster 1913 Edition

Cosmopolite

{

Cosˊmo-pol′i-tan

(-p?l′?-tan)
,

Cos-mop′o-lite

(k?z-m?p′?-l?t)
, }
Noun.
[Gr.
κοσμοπολίτης
;
κόσμοσ
the world +
πολίτησ
citizen,
πόλισ
city: cf. F.
cosmopolitain
,
cosmopolite
.]
One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
{

Cosˊmo-pol′i-tan

,

Cos-mop′o-lite

, }
Adj.
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

(-m?p′?-l?t)
,
Adj.
&
Noun.
See
Cosmopolitan
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cosmopolite

COSMOPOLITAN

, COSMOPOLITE,
Noun.
s as z. [Gr., world, a citizen.] A person who has no fixed residence; on who is no where a stranger, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.

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