citizen
pronunciation
How to pronounce citizen in British English:
UK [ˈsɪtɪzn]
How to pronounce citizen in American English:
US [ˈsɪtɪzn]
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- Noun:
- a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
Word Origin
- citizen
- citizen: [14] The Latin word for ‘citizen’ was cīvis. From it was formed the derivative cīvitās ‘citizenship, city state’, from which English gets city. From this in turn a new derivative was formed in Vulgar Latin, *cīvitātānus ‘citizen’, replacing the original cīvis. This found its way, much changed, into Old French as citeain (whence modern French citoyen). Anglo- Norman altered the Old French form to citezein, possibly on analogy with Anglo-Norman deinzein ‘denizen’.
- citizen (n.)
- early 14c., "inhabitant of a city," from Anglo-French citezein (spelling subsequently altered, probably by influence of denizen), from Old French citeien "city-dweller, town-dweller, citizen" (12c., Modern French citoyen), from cite (see city) + -ain (see -ian). Replaced Old English burhsittend and ceasterware. Sense of "inhabitant of a country" is late 14c. Citizen's arrest recorded from 1941; citizen's band (radio) from 1947. Citizen of the world (late 15c.) translates Greek kosmopolites.
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Example
- 1. Citizen a cuts down on his purchases of widgets .
- 2. Not all the aspects of citizen control have been positive .
- 3. Citizen effect uses social networking to support charity efforts .
- 4. The universe 's most senior citizen is a galaxy that formed 600 million years after the big bang .
- 5. Facing citizen discontent over the growing number of non-singaporean residents , singapore 's government is raising the barriers that control the inflow of foreigners .