cosmopolite

(käz mäpə līt′)

noun

  1. a cosmopolitan person
  2. a plant or animal found in most parts of the world

Origin: Gr kosmopolitēs < kosmos, world + politēs, citizen < polis, polis

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See cosmopolite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A cosmopolitan person: a true cosmopolite—a Renaissance man.
  2. Ecology An organism found in most parts of the world.
  3. See painted lady.

Origin:

Origin: Greek kosmopolītēs

Origin: : kosmos, world

Origin: + polītēs, citizen (from polis, city; see pelə-3 in Indo-European roots)

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Related Forms:

  • cos·mopˈo·litˌism (-lī-tĭzˌəm, -lĭ-tĭzˌ-) noun

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