cosmopolite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cosmopolite	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for cosmopolite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cosmopolite n a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries Synonym(s): cosmopolitan, cosmopolite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cosmopolitan \Cos`mopol"itan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite \Cosmop"olite\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [Gr. [?][?][?]; ko`smos the world + [?][?][?] citizen, [?][?][?] city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cosmopolitan \Cos`mopol"itan\, Cosmopolite \Cosmop"olite\, a. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cosmopolite \Cosmop"olite\ (-m?p"?-l?t), a. & n. See {Cosmopolitan}.