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   cit·i·zen

   /ˈsidəz(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized: "a Polish citizen" Similar subjectnationalpassport holdernativetaxpayervoter
   • ▪ an inhabitant of a particular town or city: "the citizens of Los Angeles" Similar inhabitantresidentnativetownsmantownswomanhouseholderlocalfreemanhumorous:denizenburgherformal:dwellerarchaic:burgessrare:residentiaryoppidan

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French citezein, alteration (probably influenced by deinzein ‘denizen’) of Old French citeain, based on Latin civitas ‘city’ (see city).

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › citizenCitizen Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of CITIZEN is a native or naturalized person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to protection from it. How to use citizen in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Citizen.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCITIZEN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a person who was born in a particular country and has certain rights or has been given certain rights because of having lived there: Nabokov was a Russian, then had British citizenship, and then became an American citizen. A large part of our job is to educate citizens about their rights. Old people have been treated like second-class citizens.

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   CITIZEN meaning: 1. a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there…. Learn more.

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   a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection ( alien). an inhabitant of a city or town, especially one entitled to its privileges or franchises. an inhabitant, or denizen: The deer is a citizen of our woods.

6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › citizenshipCitizenship Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of CITIZENSHIP is the status of being a citizen. How to use citizenship in a sentence.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCITIZENSHIP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   the state of being a member of a particular country and having rights because of it: He was granted Canadian citizenship. He holds joint citizenship in Sweden and Peru. the state of living in a particular area or town and behaving in a way that other people who live there expect of you. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCITIZEN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   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.