citizen

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. A [[resident]] of a [[city]] or [[town]], especially one with [[legally]] [[recognized]] [[right]]s or [[duty|duties]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
2. A [[legally]] [[recognized]] [[member]] of a [[state]], with [[associated]] [[right]]s and [[obligation]]s; a [[person]] [[consider]]ed [[in terms of]] [[this]] [[role]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
3. An [[inhabitant]] or [[occupant]]: a [[member]] of [[any]] [[place]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|Christianity}} A [[resident]] of the [[heavenly]] [[city]] or {{qualifier|later}} of the [[kingdom]] of [[God]]: a [[Christian]]; a [[good]] [[Christian]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
5. A [[civilian]], [[as opposed to]] a [[police officer]], [[soldier]], or member of some other specialized ([[usually]] [[state]]) [[group]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An ordinary person, as opposed to [[noble]]s and [[landed gentry]] on one [[side]] and [[peasant]]s, [[craftsmen]], and [[laborer]]s on the [[other]]. {{defdate|17th–19th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|now|historical|usually capitalized}} A [[term of address]] among supporters of the [[French Revolution]] in France or elsewhere; {{qualifier|later|dated}} a [[term of address]] among [[socialist]]s and [[communist]]s. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
8. {{lb|en|computing|figurative}} A notional [[inhabitant]] of a software system; an [[object]] or a software [[application]].

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