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Definitions for Citizen

[1] a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien).
[2] an inhabitant of a city or town, especially one entitled to its privileges or franchises.
[3] an inhabitant, or denizen: The deer is a citizen of our woods.
[4] a civilian, as distinguished from a soldier, police officer, etc.
[5] a native registered or naturalized member of a state, nation, or other political community Compare alien
[6] an inhabitant of a city or town
[7] a native or inhabitant of any place
[8] a civilian, as opposed to a soldier, public official, etc

Words related to Citizen

voter, civilian, resident, national, settler, inhabitant, taxpayer, villager, dweller, commoner, aborigine, denizen, subject, householder, occupant, native, cosmopolite, burgher, burgess, townsperson

Words nearby Citizen

cithara, cither, citied, citified, citify, citizen, citizen journalism, citizen kane, citizen science, citizen's arrest, citizen's charter

Origin of Citizen

1275–1325; Middle English citisein < Anglo-French citesein, Old French citeain, equivalent to cite city + -ain -an; Anglo-French s perhaps by association with deinzain denizen

Words that may be confused with Citizen

citizen, resident

Other words from Citizen

cit·i·zen·ly , adjective
non·cit·i·zen , noun
un·cit·i·zen·ly , adjective
un·der·cit·i·zen , noun
Related adjective: civil

Word origin for Citizen

C14: from Anglo-French citesein, from Old French citeien, from cité, city

Synonyms for Citizen

civilian, inhabitant, national, resident, settler, taxpayer, villager, voter, aborigine, burgess, burgher, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, householder, native, occupant, subject, John/Jane Q. Public, freeman/woman, member of body politic, member of community, naturalized person, townsperson, urbanite