Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Cosmopolitan /(-p?l"?-tan)/ · Cos·mo·pol·i·tan · IPA /ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/ n. a. 01 n. One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world. 1. One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world. 02 a. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. 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.