/ ˈsɪtɪzn; NAmE / noun
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 .
—see also senior citizen
—compare subject (6)
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Anglo-Norman French citezein , alteration (probably influenced by deinzein denizen) of Old French citeain , based on Latin civitas city, from civis citizen.