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A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally-recognized rights or duties.
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A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.
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An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place.
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Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world.
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A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.
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A civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group.
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An ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other.
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(usually capitalized) A term of address among French citizens during the French Revolution or towards its supporters elsewhere; (later, dated) a term of address among socialists and communists.
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An object.