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Cosmopolitan; Cosmopolite
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (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.