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Definition of: citizen
(sit′ə·zən) noun
1. A native or naturalized person owing allegiance to, and entitled to protection from, a government: opposed to alien.
2. A resident of a city or town.
3. A private person; one who is not a public officer nor a soldier; a civilian. [<AF citezein, var. of OF citeain <cité CITY]
—cit′i·zen·ess noun fem.
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