citizen
A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
Noun 4 meanings
A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.
“I am a Roman citizen.”
An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place.
“Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world.”
A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.
Etymology
From Middle English citeseyn (“inhabitant of a city or town”), citezein, citisein, from Anglo-Norman citesain (“city-dweller, town-dweller”), citesein, citezein, alteration of citeien from cite (“city”) + -ien (“-ain”) (probable variant of cithein perhaps influenced by dainzain (“denizen”), deinzein), from Old French cite (“city”) + -ien (whence French citoyen), from earlier citet, from Latin civitatem, citatem, from civis.
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CITIZEN at a glance
CITIZEN has 7 letters and scores 18 points in Scrabble (C 3 + I 1 + T 1 + I 1 + Z 10 + E 1 + N 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,606 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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