01 n. 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 fra…
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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.
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An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.
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A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.
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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.