Antedating of "Cosmopolitan"

[Fred Shapiro]

cosmopolitan, adj. (OED 1844)

1833 _Times_ 5 Feb. 3  The institutions of his own country are, of course,
not excluded from the benefit of his cosmopolitan sympathy.

Fred Shapiro


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