citizen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪtɪzən/
ipa: /ˈsɪtɪzən/
ipa: /ˈsɪtɪsən/
Forms: form: citizens
form: cytesin
Etymology: From Middle English citeseyn, citezein, borrowed from Anglo-Norman citesain (“burgher; city-dweller”), citezein, etc., probably a variant of cithein under influence of deinzein (“denizen”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French citeain, etc. and citaien, citeien, etc. ("burgher"; modern French citoyen), from cité ("settlement; cathedral city, city"; modern French cité) + -ain or -ien (“-an, -ian”). See city and hewe.
Senses: examples: text: [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.
ref: 1862 July – 1863 August, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “What Florence was Thinking of”, in Romola. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1863, →OCLC, book II, page 180:
synonyms: burgess
burgher
cityite
freeman
glosses: A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
examples: text: I am a Roman citizen.
text: 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.
ref: 1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 4:
text: 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.
ref: 2012 January 23, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2012, page 74:
text: He is also a citizen of Antigua, because he purchased a home – where he now resides with his family.
ref: 2019 October 7, Kate Springer, “Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world”, in CNN:
synonyms: countryman
national
antonyms: word: alien
word: illegal alien
word: foreigner
word: illegal
glosses: A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.
examples: text: Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world.
text: A jellyfish... carries poison cells that can sting other citizens of the sea.
ref: 1979 October, Boys' Life, page 33:
synonyms: denizen
local
inhabitant
native
occupant
resident
antonyms: alien
outsider
stranger
glosses: An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.
glosses: A civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group.
examples: text: [W]ould Mr. Delvile, who hardly ever spoke but to the high-born, without seeming to think his dignity somewhat injured, deign to receive for a daughter in law the child of a citizen and tradesman?
ref: 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.6:
glosses: An ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other.
examples: text: Citizen, I desire nothing more than to get to Paris, though I could dispense with the escort.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, “In Secret”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book III (The Track of a Storm), page 166:
synonyms: word: comrade
english: term of address among communists
translation: term of address among communists
glosses: A term of address among supporters of the French Revolution in France or elsewhere; (later, dated) a term of address among socialists and communists.
examples: text: The HIG delivers Apple's design commandments, the company's definition of what it means to be a good iPhone citizen.
ref: 2010, Josh Clark, Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 99:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A notional inhabitant of a software system; an object or a software application.
Synonyms: burgess
burgher
denizen
townsman
townswoman
Hyponyms: sense: person who is legally recognized as a member or resident
word: first-class citizen
sense: person who is legally recognized as a member or resident
word: second-class citizen
sense: person who is legally recognized as a member or resident
word: third-class citizen
Derived terms: anticitizen
citizen band
citizendom
citizeness
citizenhood
citizenise
citizenish
citizenism
citizenist
citizenization
citizenize
citizen journalism
citizen journalist
citizen king
citizen life
citizenlike
citizenly
citizen magistrate
citizen media
citizen of nature
citizen of the world
citizen prince
citizenry
citizen's arrest
citizens' band
citizens band
Citizens' Charter
citizen science
citizen scientist
citizenship
citizens' media
citizen soldier
citizen sovereign
cocitizen
concitizen
corporate citizen
cybercitizen
dual citizen
e-citizen
fellow citizen
market citizen
NCTzen
netizen
noncitizen
private citizen
protocitizen
semicitizen
shitizen
sovereign citizen
supercitizen
Twittizen
uncitizen
undercitizen
world citizen
Related terms: citify
city
civil
civilian