cosmopolite

Meanings

Noun

• One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.
• The butterfly painted lady (Vanessa cardui (species)).

Adjective

• Of or relating to cosmopolites; cosmopolitan.
• Oriented, exposed to or open to ideas and influences outside one's own social system or group.
• Distributed throughout the world; having a wide geographical distribution.

Origin

• Borrowed from French cosmopolite from Latin cosmopolītēs from Koine Greek κοσμοπολίτης, from Ancient Greek κόσμος + πολίτης.