cosmopolite
Meanings
noun
- One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.
- The butterfly painted lady (Vanessa cardui).
- A plant found more or less everywhere in the world.
adj
- Of or relating to cosmopolites; cosmopolitan.
- Oriented, exposed to or open to ideas and influences outside one's own social system or group.
- Distributed throughout the world; having a wide geographical distribution.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French cosmopolite, from Latin cosmopolītēs, itself borrowed from Koine Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs, “citizen of the world”), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”).
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