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Webster 1913 Edition
Citizen
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.
Cit′i-zen
,Adj.
1.
Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens;
as, a
. citizen
soldiery2.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.
[Obs.]
I am not well,
But not so
To seem to die ere sick.
But not so
citizen
a wanton asTo seem to die ere sick.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Citizen
CITIZEN
, n.1.
The native of a city, or an inhabitant who enjoys the freedom and privileges of the city in which he resides; the freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.2.
A townsman; a man of trade; not a gentleman.3.
An inhabitant; a dweller in any city, town or place.4.
In general sense, a native or permanent resident in a city or country; as the citizens of London or Philadelphia; the citizens of the United States.5.
In the United States, a person, native or naturalized, who has the privilege of exercising the elective franchise, or the qualifications which enable him to vote for rulers, and to purchase and hold real estate.If the citizens of the United States should not be free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own.
CITIZEN
,Adj.