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Definition of Citizen

1. Noun. A native or naturalized member of a state or other political community.

Definition of Citizen

1. 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.

2. a. Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.

Definition of Citizen

1. Noun. A person that is a legally recognized as a member of a state, with associated rights and obligations. ¹

2. Noun. (dated) A member of a state that is not a monarchy; used as antonym to subject. ¹

3. Noun. A person that is a legally recognized resident of a city or town. ¹

4. Noun. A resident of any particular place to which the subject feels to belong. ¹

5. Noun. A civilian, as opposed to a soldier, police officer etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Citizen

1. a resident of a city or town [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Citizen

Literary usage of Citizen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"The citizen Mounier. I beg you to inform me, citizen Mounier, ... The citizen Mounier. I send you, citizen, for you to use, an assignation which was sent to ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1870)
"Lafayette was made a citizen of Maryland by statute in ... He was also made a citizen of Virginia about the same time in the same manner. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"Removal of cantes—action against a citizen of the same State and one of another State, not removable—parties. An action brought in a State Court against an ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"or practically put a citizen of one state in a condition of alienage when he is within or when he removes to another state, or when, asserting in another ..."

5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1885)
"Let us stop this, go to France for a Republican lesson, put aside the absurd epithets of Mr. and Sir, and use " the social and soul-warming term citizen. ..."

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