citizen

Definition

  • noun: a person who legally belongs to a country and has the rights and protection of that country
  • noun: an inhabitant of a city or town
  • synonyms: burgess, burgher, cit

Examples

  • I've been treated like a 'second-class citizen'. [=someone who is not given the same rights as other people]

  • She was a United States 'citizen' but lived most of her life abroad.

  • programs/activities for 'senior citizens'

Movie quotes

  • (..) for another six months. You son of a bitch! You don't know what you're doing! - Straighten her now! You don't know what you're doing! Model citizen. You just missed him. He left fifteen minutes ago. I think he said he was going to the Galleria. - Yeah. The Galleria? (..)
    1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day