About The Word Citizen
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Citizen
Citizen Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Citizen?
[n] a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
Synonyms | Synonyms for Citizen: Related Terms | Find terms related to Citizen: burgess | burgher | citizen by adoption | civilian | cosmopolitan | cosmopolite | deditician | denizen | dweller | franklin | free citizen | freedman | freedwoman | freeman | freewoman | householder | hyphenate | hyphenated American | immigrant | inhabitant | metic | national | native | naturalized citizen | nonbelligerent | noncombatant | nonnative citizen | nonresistant | nonresister | oppidan | ratepayer | resident | subject | taxpayer | towner | townsman | townswoman | villager | voter See Also | active citizen | citizenry | civilian | elector | freeman | freewoman | national | people | repatriate | subject | thane | voter Citizen In Webster's Dictionary \Cit"i*zen\, n. [OE. citisein, OF. citeain, F. citoyen,
fr. cit['e] city. See {City}, and cf. {Cit}.]
1. One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a
freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or
one not entitled to its franchises.
That large body of the working men who were not
counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to
serve as an anodyne to their stomachs. --G. Eliot.
2. An inhabitant of a city; a townsman. --Shak.
3. A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes
allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal
protection from it.
Note: This protection is . . . national protection,
recognition of the individual, in the face of foreign
nations, as a member of the state, and assertion of his
security and rights abroad as well as at home. --Abbot
4. One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen,
though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense
that he takes his legal status from such country.
\Cit"i*zen\, a. 1. Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery. 2. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious. [Obs.] I am not well, But not so citizen a wanton as To seem to die ere sick. --Shak. |
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