01 n. One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
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One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
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Webster, 1913
Cosmopolitan
02 a. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.
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Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.“In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite.” — Sir W. Hamilton.
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Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world.“The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan.” — R. Owen.