Meaning

4 senses

  1. A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.

  2. A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice.

  3. (Canada, US, dated)A butterfly of species Vanessa cardui.

  4. A moth of species Leucania loreyi.

More definitions
  • a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

Examples

13 sentences

  1. Tom drank a Long Island iced tea and Mary drank a cosmopolitan.

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  2. This city is not cosmopolitan at all.

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  3. Algiers is an open, tolerant, cosmopolitan city.

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  4. The journalist is what you call a cosmopolitan.

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  5. This is a cosmopolitan city.

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Origin

From cosmopolit(e) + -an. Compare metropolitan and megalopolitan.

From cosmopolit(e) + -an. Compare metropolitan and megalopolitan.

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Forms

plural: cosmopolitans
Singularcosmopolitan
Pluralcosmopolitans

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
cosmocosmopolitepainted lady
Close in meaning
  • a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries:cosmopolite

Word family

3 related words
Derivedcosmoritacosmotinirootless cosmopolitan

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cosmicC2cosmodromecosmologycosmonautcosmoscosplaycostA2
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