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1. (n.) citizen
a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection.
2. citizen
an inhabitant of a city or town, esp. one entitled to its privileges or franchises.
3. citizen
an inhabitant or denizen:
the wild citizens of our woods.
4. citizen
a civilian, as distinguished from a soldier, police officer, etc.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME citisein < AF citesein, OF citeain=citecity+-ain -an1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) citizen
a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
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1. (noun) citizen
sb with the legal right to live in a country
a citizen of the United States
2. citizen
sb who lives in a particular city; = inhabitant
***the citizens of Tokyo
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) citizen
having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery
2. (adj) citizen
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious
3. (noun) citizen
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
4. (noun) citizen
an inhabitant of a city; a townsman
5. (noun) citizen
a person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it
6. (noun) citizen
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
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Sense: an inhabitant of a city or town
a citizen of London.
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 Afrikaans: stadsbewoner |
 Arabic: ساكِن، مُقيم في |
 Bulgarian: жител |
 Brazilian: cidadão |
 Czech: občan, obyvatel |
 German: der Bürger |
 Danish: indbygger; borger |
 Greek: κάτοικος |
 Spanish: ciudadano, vecino, muníci |
 Estonian: (linna)elanik |
 Farsi: ساکن؛ شهروند |
 Finnish: kaupunkilainen |
 French: habitant/-ante |
 Hebrew: אֶזרָח |
 Hindi: नागरिक |
 Croatian: građanin |
 Hungarian: polgár |
 Indonesian: penduduk |
 Icelandic: borgari |
 Italian: abitante |
 Japanese: 市民 |
 Korean: 시민 |
 Lithuanian: miestietis |
 Latvian: pilsētnieks |
 Malay: penduduk |
 Dutch: inwoner |
 Norwegian: borger |
 Polish: obywatel |
 Persian: ساکن؛ شهروند |
 Pashto: اوسیدونکی |
 Portuguese: cidadão |
 Romanian: cetăţean |
 Russian: житель |
 Slovak: obyvateľ, -ka |
 Slovenian: meščan, prebivalec |
 Serbian: stanovnik |
 Swedish: invånare, stadsbo |
 Thai: ผู้อาศัย |
 Turkish: hemşehri, kentli, şehirli |
 Taiwanese: 市民 |
 Ukrainian: городянин, городянка |
 Urdu: شہری |
 Vietnamese: dân thành phố |
 Chinese: 市民 |
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