Cit"i*zen (?), n. [OE. citisein, OF. citeain, F. citoyen, fr. cit'e city. See City, and cf. Cit.]
1.
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.
That 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.
G. Eliot.
2.
An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.
Shak.
3.
A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.
⇒ This protection is . . . national protection, recognition of the individual, in the face of foreign nations, as a member of the state, and assertion of his security and rights abroad as well as at home.
Abbot
4.
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.
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Cit"i*zen, a.
1.
Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.
2.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.
[Obs.]
I am not well,
But not so citizen a wanton as
To seem to die ere sick.
Shak.
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