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Antonyms for cosmopolite

Grammar : Noun
Spell : koz-mop-uh-lahyt
Phonetic Transcription : kɒzˈmɒp əˌlaɪt

Definition of cosmopolite

Origin :
  • late 16c., "man of the world; citizen of the world," from Greek kosmopolites "citizen of the world," from kosmos "world" (see cosmos) + polites "citizen" (see politic). In common use 17c. in a neutral sense; it faded out in 18c. but was revived from c.1800 with a tinge of reproachfulness (opposed to patriot).
  • As in citizen : noun person native of country
Example sentences :
  • As a cosmopolite, I claim this privilege, at least, though I can see defects in all.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • No, sir, it is the remarkable gift of our people to be cosmopolite.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • Then you get the real British flavor, which the cosmopolite Englishman loses.
  • Extract from : « The Professor at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
  • Like Herodotus, he was cosmopolite enough not to be narrowly patriotic.
  • Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
  • A complete man is intellectually and physically a cosmopolite.
  • Extract from : « The History of Dartmouth College » by Baxter Perry Smith
  • I think he was a cosmopolite, and belonged to the world generally.
  • Extract from : « Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk » by John Ross Browne
  • Where did this cosmopolite, who really has no English roots, learn the system?
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 » by Various
  • Why is Stanford unable to set to music the word ‘cosmopolite’?
  • Extract from : « Tennyson and His Friends » by Various
  • You are a cosmopolite, and look on these things with too refined a speculation.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 » by Various
  • Compared with him as a cosmopolite, the Wandering Jew would have seemed a mere hermit.
  • Extract from : « Options » by O. Henry

Synonyms for cosmopolite

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