Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite
\Cos*mop"o*lite\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [Gr. ???; ko`smos the world
   + ??? citizen, ??? city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.]
   One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every
   place; a citizen of the world.

Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\, Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\,
   a.
   1. 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.

   2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of
      the world.

            The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan.     --R. Owen.

Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (-m?p"?-l?t), a. & n.
   See {Cosmopolitan}.

Source : WordNet®

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