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citizen definition

citi·zen (sitə zən, -sən)

noun

  1. Historical a native or inhabitant, esp. a freeman or burgess, of a town or city
  2. a native, inhabitant, or denizen of any place citizens of the deep
  3. a member of a state or nation, esp. one with a republican form of government, who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to full civil rights
  4. a civilian, as distinguished from a person in military service, a policeman, etc.

Etymology: ME & Anglo-Fr citizein, altered (? infl. by denizen) < OFr citeain < cité: see city; citizensense infl. by use of Fr citoyen during the Fr Revolution

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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