cosmopolite

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Compared with him as a cosmopolite, the Wandering Jew would have seemed a mere hermit.

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

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  1. Greek kosmopolītēs : kosmos, world + polītēs, citizen (from polis, city; see pelə-3 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = French cosmopolite = Spanish Portuguese Italian cosmopolita, from Greek κοσμοπολίτης, a citizen of the world, from κόσμος, the world, + πολίτης, citizen: see politic, polity.
 

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/kɑzˈmɑpəlaɪt/
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