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/ˈsɪtɪzən/ · noun
A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties..
[T]hat large body of the working men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to serve as an anodyne to their stomachs were likely to get impatient.
I am a Roman citizen.
Assistant: You'll meet with the managing director and Dr Sinita Brahmachari, the engineer who designed the chair. Peter Mackenzie: Indian, is he? Assistant: She is a British citizen, Minister. Born in Coventry.
Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.
He is also a citizen of Antigua, because he purchased a home – where he now resides with his family.
Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world.
A jellyfish... carries poison cells that can sting other citizens of the sea.
[W]ould Mr. Delvile, who hardly ever spoke but to the high-born, without seeming to think his dignity somewhat injured, deign to receive for a daughter in law the child of a citizen and tradesman?
Use citizen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Citizen means A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties..
Common synonyms include burgess, burgher, denizen, townsman.
Possible antonyms include countryfolk, country gentleman, countryman, peasant.
[T]hat large body of the working men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to serve as an anodyne to their stomachs were likely to get impatient.
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