2 entries found for citizen.
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Function: noun
Text: 1 a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it <conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right>
Synonyms national, subject
Related Words compatriot, countryman; inhabitant, native, nonimmigrant, resident
Near Antonyms foreigner, stranger; immigrant, nonnative
Antonyms alien, noncitizen
2 a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis <claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes> -- see BURGHER