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

  • (..) Eighteen. I just do these gigs as a cover. I have other sources of income. But my dad interferes less in my life when I pretend... to be an upstanding young citizen with a respectable job. Lester? - What are you doing? - Honey, this is... Ricky Fitts. This is Ricky Fitts. (..)
    1999 American Beauty