citizenryn.
/ˈsɪtᵻz(ə)nri/, U.S. /ˈsɪdᵻzənri/, /ˈsɪdᵻsənri/ 1. With plural or singular agreement. Citizens collectively.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun]
folkc888
peoplea1325
frapec1330
commona1350
common peoplea1382
commonsa1382
commontya1387
communityc1400
meiniec1400
commonaltya1425
commonsa1500
vulgarsa1513
many1526
meinie1532
multitude1535
the many-headed beast (also monster)1537
number1542
ignobility1546
commonitya1550
popular1554
populace1572
popularya1578
vulgarity?1577
populacya1583
rout1589
the vulgar1590
plebs1591
mobile vulgusc1599
popularity1599
ignoble1603
the million1604
plebe1612
plebeity1614
the common filea1616
the herda1616
civils1644
commonality1649
democracy1656
menu1658
mobile1676
crowd1683
vulgusa1687
mob1691
Pimlico parliament?1774
citizenry1795
polloi1803
demos1831
many-headed1836
hoi polloi1837
the masses1837
citizenhood1843
John Q.1922
wimble-wamble1937
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > collectively
borough-folkc1200
borough-werenc1275
burgh-werec1275
cityc1300
town folkc1325
towna1382
commonity1456
nation1523
portery1565
town1582
townspeople1587
civility1598
municipality1790
citizenry1795
citizenhood1851
burgherage1858
burgherdom1884
burgherhood1885
1795 tr. C. M. Wieland Dialogues of Gods 148 The whole citizenry [Ger. bürgerschaft] of this immeasurable metropolis.
1819 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 48 307 He..sided with the magistracy, not with the citizenry.
1884 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 395 Our laborers..are not the forgotten and insignificant fragments of mankind, but a respected and valued part of our citizenry.
1929 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 34 1142 The welfare of this ‘educationally disadvantaged’ portion of our citizenry concerns the nation as a whole.
1951 C. Wright Mills White Collar xv. 328 If we accept the Greek's definition of the idiot as a privatized man, then we must conclude that the U.S. citizenry is now largely composed of idiots.
2010 Independent 17 Apr. 36/1 The citizenry may soon be asked to take their own lawn mowers to city parks to trim the grass.
2. As a count noun: a body or community of citizens.
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1806 Ann. Rev. 1805 4 241/1 The exclusive sway of a despot or of a citizenry..is tyranny alike.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. vi. 496 A heart sincere, and intent only on aiming at the welfare of a Citizenry so loveworthy.
1934 Rotarian Oct. 6/2 They carry the blame back to the citizenries themselves.
1983 S. R. Schrepfer Fight to save Redwoods 71 It was far easier to convince a bureaucrat than to sway a citizenry.
2007 V. Lambert Choctaw Nation 117 Tribal politics are something about which tribal citizenries tend to care deeply.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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