Definition of citizen
- n. - 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.
- n. - An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.
- n. - A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes
allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection
from it.
- n. - 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.
- a. - Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of
citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.
- a. - Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city;
characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.