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.