citizen
/ˈsɪtɪzən/
Frequency: 4.39 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
noun
A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.
noun
An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place.
noun
A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.
noun
A civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group.
noun
An ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other.
Obsolete
noun
A term of address among supporters of the French Revolution in France or elsewhere; (later, dated) a term of address among socialists and communists.
noun
A notional inhabitant of a software system; an object or a software application.
Example Sentences
- "[T]hat large body of the working men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to serve as an anodyne to their stomachs were likely to get impatient."
- "I am a Roman citizen."
- "Assistant: You'll meet with the managing director and Dr Sinita Brahmachari, the engineer who designed the chair. Peter Mackenzie: Indian, is he? Assistant: She is a British citizen, Minister. Born in Coventry."
- "Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control."
- "He is also a citizen of Antigua, because he purchased a home – where he now resides with his family."
- "Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɪtɪzən/
- British English: /ˈsɪtɪzən/