Definition of "cosmopolite" [cos•mop•o•lite]

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Generalization 5-14, however, refers to cosmopolite channel usage, rather than to cosmopolite behavior in general."
• ""Cosmopolitanism is nonsense; the cosmopolite is a cipher, worse than a cipher; outside of nationality there is neither art, nor truth, nor life; there is nothing.""
• ""He's what's called a cosmopolite," Isabel suggested."