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      citizen
      noun
      A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.
      A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
      An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place.
      A civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group.
      (Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.
      (computing, figurative) A notional inhabitant of a software system; an object or a software application.
      A personal Title denoting citizenship, implicitly of the nation in which it is spoken
      A pupil of City of London School
      (obsolete) An ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other.
      (now historical, usually capitalized) A term of address among supporters of the French Revolution in France or elsewhere; (later, dated) a term of address among socialists and communists.
      Roots
      civitascit- · Latin · city
      Synonyms for citizen
      townswomantownsmanndenizennresidentninhabitantnmeticnburgherndwellerncivilianadjvoternfreemann
      Words related to citizen
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