citizen
noun
Synonyms
- freeman
- national
- subject
Example Sentences
William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2022 Elizabeth Whelan will meet the president at the White House along with Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, another U.S. citizen the Biden administration has declared wrongfully detained in Russia. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2022 While the average citizen’s survival instinct may kick in, the city’s self-defense rules could impact them down the line. Fox News, 14 Sep. 2022 South Korean authorities confirmed last month that the woman, a dual citizen of New Zealand and South Korea, had arrived in the country in 2018. Gawon Bae, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 Who wants to be treated like a second-class citizen in their own country? Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022 Soon after Uniting for Ukraine was launched, Agaieva's sister Yuliya Wold, a U.S. citizen and police sergeant in Everett, Washington, applied to sponsor them. Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2022 The citizen voting-age population includes all people 18 and older who are native or naturalized citizens, and the number is frequently used as a base figure in turnout calculations. Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2022 Only members can attend services, and no Israeli citizen or resident can be baptized. The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
Middle English citizein, from Anglo-French citezein, alteration of citeien, from cité city
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Phrases Containing citizen
Kids Definition
citizen
noun
Legal Definition
citizen
noun
Note: Under the Fourteenth Amendment, “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” A person born outside of the U.S. to parents who were born or naturalized in the U.S. is also a citizen of the U.S. A corporation is not considered a citizen for purposes of the privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. A corporation is, however, deemed a citizen of the state in which it is incorporated or has its principal place of business for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.
citizen
noun
Synonyms & Similar Words
- national
- resident
- freeman
- inhabitant
- subject
- native
- countryman
- nonimmigrant
- compatriot
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- alien
- foreigner
- noncitizen
- stranger
- immigrant
- nonnative
Synonyms & Similar Words
- resident
- villager
- inhabitant
- townsman
- resider
- burgher
- native
- occupant
- national
- townspeople
- townie
- towny
- town
- habitant
- dweller
- denizen
- townswoman
- suburbanite
- townsfolk
- cliff dweller
- subject
- urbanite
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- visitor
- foreigner
- tourist
- noncitizen
- alien
- guest
- transient
- nonnative
- gownsman
Synonym Chooser
The words national and subject are common synonyms of citizen. While all three words mean "a person owing allegiance to and entitled to the protection of a sovereign state," citizen is preferred for one owing allegiance to a state in which sovereign power is retained by the people and sharing in the political rights of those people.
Although the words national and citizen have much in common, national designates one who may claim the protection of a state and applies especially to one living or traveling outside that state.
The meanings of subject and citizen largely overlap; however, subject implies allegiance to a personal sovereign such as a monarch.