Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

citizenry

/sˈɪtɪzənɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: cit-i-zen-ry
IPA: /sˈɪtɪzənɹi/

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The group of all citizens; citizens taken collectively.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It's one of the main selling points of the prison business: that they keep the sexually non-conformist or "deviant" out of sight of the respectable citizenry, especially to "protect" the children."

Etymology

From citizen + -ry. Displaced native Old English burgwaru.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: citizen

Usage

Inflected Forms

citizenries (plural)

Synonyms

people

Questions

How do you pronounce citizenry?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɪtɪzənɹi/.
What does citizenry mean?: The group of all citizens; citizens taken collectively.
Where does citizenry come from?: From citizen + -ry. Displaced native Old English burgwaru.

How to pronounce citizenry

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