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cosmopolite

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11 lettersPronunciation /kɑzˈmɑpəˌlaɪt/Part of speech nounSorted ceilmooopstStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • First drink a health, this solemn night, / A health to England, every guest: / That man’s the best cosmopolite / Who loves his native country best.
  • The wild goose is more of a cosmopolite than we; he breaks his fast in Canada, takes a luncheon in the Ohio, and plumes himself for the night in a southern bayou.
  • […] the fifties were bad years for the Jews. The campaign against the "rootless cosmopolites" was in full swing […]

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