citizen in English: A person who belongs to a country and has the rights and duties of that country. (noun)

Translation

A person who belongs to a country and has the rights and duties of that country.

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman citezein, from Old French citeain, built on cite (city). A citizen was first simply a person of the city.

Gender

Pluralcitizens

France.

A "citizen" belongs to that country by law.

eighteen .

Citizens have rights, and voting is one of them.

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"Citizens" can also mean the people who live in one town or city.

person

A single human being, such as a man, woman, or child.

people

More than one person, men, women and children together.

country

A land with its own people, government, and borders, like France or Japan.

city

A large town where many people live and work.

right

Correct or true, or the side that is opposite the left.

civil

Polite in a calm, formal way; also connected with the ordinary people of a country, not the army or the church.

civilian

A person who is not in the army, navy, air force or police.

resident

A person who lives in a place, such as a town, a street, or a building.

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