meaning of citizen
1. 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.
2. An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.
3. A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.
4. 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.
5. Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.
6. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.
7. a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
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