Synonyms for cosmopolite
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : koz-mop-uh-lahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɒzˈmɒp əˌlaɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for cosmopolite Other synonyms for the word cosmopolite
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for cosmopolite
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