Dictionary Definition

cosmopolite n : a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [syn: cosmopolitan]

User Contributed Dictionary

\koz-MOP-uh-lyt\

cosmopolite

One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person
the butterfly, painted lady

Cosmopolitan may refer to:

Cosmopolitanism, the idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community
Cosmopolitan Society/Cosmopolitan City, where people of many ethnicities, religions and cultures meet and live in close proximity (especially applied to busy sea ports)
Cosmopolitan (magazine), a magazine for women, sometimes referred to as "Cosmo"
Cosmopolitan Productions, a defunct United States film production company
Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
Cosmopolitan distribution, in biogeography, biological categories which can be found almost anywhere around the world
Cosmopolitan (TV channel), a satellite/cable television channel
The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino, a resort casino and condo that broke ground in October 2005
CC-109 Cosmopolitan, RCAF version of the Canadair CL-66
A city/place or person that embraces its multicultural demographics
Cosmopolitan, a defunct American car maker
Nash Cosmopolitan, a defunct car model from Nash Motors

Cosmopolite may also refer to:

World citizen, one who eschews traditional geopolitical divisions derived from national citizenship
Cosmopolite (butterfly), Vanessa cardui, also known as the "Painted Lady"
Kosmopoliet, launched in 1854, said to have been the first Dutch clipper