citizen

4 definitions • 13 examples

a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town or city:

The interests of British citizens living abroad are protected by the British Embassy.

become a citizen He applied to become an American citizen.

citizen of This will affect all citizens of this country.

The citizens of Paris voted to elect a new mayor.

She considers herself a citizen of the world.

second-class citizen Older people are sometimes treated like second-class citizens (= unimportant people).

law-abiding citizen He reassured people that law-abiding citizens (= people who do not break the law) would have nothing to fear from the enquiries.

a person who was born in a particular country and has certain rights or has been given certain rights because of having lived there:

Nabokov was a Russian, then had British citizenship, and then became an American citizen.

A large part of our job is to educate citizens about their rights.

Old people have been treated like second-class citizens.

A citizen is also a person who lives in a particular place:

My sister is now a New Hampshire citizen.

a person who is a member of a state or country, and has legal rights there:

a British citizen

To work in the US you must be a legal citizen or have a valid work visa.