1 a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country:
She's Italian by birth but is now an Australian citizen. * British citizens living in other parts of the European Union
2 a person who lives in a particular place:
the citizens of Budapest * When you're old, people treat you like a second-class citizen.
seealsoSENIORCITIZEN
compareSUBJECT(6)
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citizen / subject / national
These words all mean a person who has the rights given by a country or state to its people, for example the rights to vote and to live there permanently. Citizen is the most general word: American citizens living and working abroad * After living in France for years, she eventually became a French citizen. Subject can be used when the state is ruled by a king or queen: a British subject. National is most often used when somebody is living in another country: diplomats and foreign nationals.
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