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rootless cosmopolitan

rootless cosmopolitan noun: a Jew, particularly in the context of the antisemitic campaign in the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1953.

Noun

rootless cosmopolitan (plural rootless cosmopolitans)

  1. (derogatory, euphemistic) A Jew, particularly in the context of the antisemitic campaign in the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1953.

Forms of rootless cosmopolitan

pluralrootless cosmopolitans

Origin of rootless cosmopolitan

Calque of Russian безро́дный космополи́т (bezródnyj kosmopolít).

Questions about rootless cosmopolitan

What does rootless cosmopolitan mean?
Rootless cosmopolitan means a Jew, particularly in the context of the antisemitic campaign in the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1953.
What part of speech is rootless cosmopolitan?
Rootless cosmopolitan is a noun.
What is the plural of rootless cosmopolitan?
The plural of rootless cosmopolitan is rootless cosmopolitans.

Words near rootless cosmopolitan in the dictionary

  1. rootkitting
  2. rootle
  3. rootled
  4. rootles
  5. rootless
  6. rootless cosmopolitan
  7. rootless cosmopolitans
  8. rootlessly
  9. rootlessness
  10. rootlessnesses
  11. rootlet

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