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cosmopolitan

Dictionary definition · cosmopolitan

noun

  1. a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

adjective

  1. growing or occurring in many parts of the world"a cosmopolitan herb"
  2. composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests"his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"
  3. of worldwide scope or applicability"an issue of cosmopolitan import"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).