citizen meaning
EN[ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən] [ˈsɪd.ɪ.zən] [ˈsɪd.ɪ.sən] [ˈsɪt.ɪ.sən]US
EN Citizen
- NounPLcitizens
- (obsolete) A resident of a city or town, particularly.
- 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.
- A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role, particularly.
- Formerly, the citizens of republics were distinguished the subjects living in kingdoms.
- An inhabitant: a member of any place.
- Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world.
- A private citizen: a civilian, as opposed to a police officer, professional soldier, or other (usually state) group.
- (computing) An object.
- (obsolete) A resident of a city or town, particularly.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Many Roman citizens were proscribed for taking part in rebellions.
- Moral diversity in the citizen population by itself assures that some discrimination of this kind will occur.
- The vote also stoked fears that Swiss citizens were reflecting the zeitgeist across Europe, …
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of citizen in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- en citizens
- en citizenship
- en citizeness
- en citizenry
- en citizenly
Source: Wiktionary