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cosmopolitan


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Definition of cosmopolitan

adjective

  • 1familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures:his knowledge of French, Italian, and Spanish made him genuinely cosmopolitan
  • including people from many different countries:immigration transformed the city into a cosmopolitan metropolis
  • having an exciting and glamorous character associated with travel and a mixture of cultures:their designs became a byword for cosmopolitan chic
  • 2(of a plant or animal) found all over the world.

noun

  • 1a cosmopolitan person: there were also cosmopolitans who spoke both Spanish and English and travelled in the worlds of both Puerto Rican and white Holyoke
  • 2a cosmopolitan plant or animal.
  • 3a cocktail made with Cointreau, lemon vodka, cranberry juice, and lime juice.

Derivatives

cosmopolitanism

noun

cosmopolitanize

(also cosmopolitanise) verb

Origin:

mid 17th century (as a noun): from cosmopolite + -an

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