Cosmopolite

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŏz.mŏʹpÉ™.lÄ«t', IPA: /kÉ‘zˈmÉ‘.pəˌlaɪt/

Origin

From Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolites, "citizen of the world") (κόσμος (kosmos, "world") + πολίτης (polites, "citizen")).

Full definition of cosmopolite

Noun

1. One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.
2. (US) The butterfly painted lady ().

Related terms

• cosmopolitan

Adjective

1. (obsolete) cosmopolitan
• unknown date Sir W. HamiltonIn other countries taste is perhaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite.----