Citizen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation.
  • n. A resident of a city or town, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.
  • n. A civilian.
  • n. A native, inhabitant, or denizen of a particular place: "We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community” ( Franklin D. Roosevelt).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person that is legally recognized as a member of a state, with associated rights and obligations.
  • n. A member of a state that is not a monarchy; used as antonym to subject.
  • n. A person that is a legally recognized resident of a city or town.
  • n. A resident of any particular place to which the subject feels to belong.
  • n. A civilian, as opposed to a soldier, police officer etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.
  • n. A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.
  • n. 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.
  • adj. Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A native of a city or town, or one who enjoys the freedom and privileges of the city or town in which he resides; a freeman of a city or town, as distinguished from a foreigner or one not entitled to its franchises.
  • n. Any inhabitant of a city or town, as opposed to an inhabitant of a rural district; a townsman.
  • n. In a restricted sense, a person engaged in trade, as opposed to a person of birth and breeding.
  • n. A member of the state or nation; one bound to the state by the reciprocal obligation of allegiance on the one hand and protection on the other.
  • n. A private person, as opposed to a civil official or a soldier: as, a police officer in citizen's dress.
  • Having the qualities of a citizen; town-bred; effeminate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
  • Antonym
    foreigner    illegal    subject    alien    stranger   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    national    subject   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    elector    civilian    voter    active citizen    private citizen    freeman    repatriate    freewoman    thane   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    townsman    effeminate    luxurious    cit    burgess    burgher    comburgess    cleruch    ephebe    cosmopolite   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    member    inhabitant    merchant    gentleman    worker    minister    servant    individual    prince    scholar