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cosmopolite


Definition of cosmopolite

noun

  • 1a cosmopolitan person: the true cosmopolite, the great world figure, always had his roots deep in the peculiar soil of his own country

Origin:

early 17th century: from French, from Greek kosmopolitēs, from kosmos 'world' + politēs 'citizen'

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