- a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country
- The defeat of the president did not change the lives of ordinary citizens for the better.
- an economic slowdown that has left millions of our fellow citizens unemployed
- She's Italian by birth but is now an Australian citizen.
- Polish citizens living in other parts of the European Union
- the government's failure to address the concerns of the average citizen
- In light of the unrest in the country, the US embassy has urged private citizens to leave.
- I became a naturalized American citizen when I was 18.
- He said the primary responsibility of a state is to protect its citizens from attack.
- This shows that the government respects the rights of citizens.
- citizen of something Some politicians seem to be treating the citizens of this country with contempt.
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2- They are fighting for acceptance as full citizens of the country.
- Citizens of other European countries do not need work permits.
- He later became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
- The issues that interested most French citizens were domestic rather than foreign.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- naturalized
- British
- …
- somebody’s fellow citizens
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- a person who lives in a particular place
- When you're old, people treat you like a second-class citizen.
- There have been meetings of concerned citizens over proposed development plans.
- citizen of something the decent, law-abiding citizens of this city
- the citizens of Budapest
Extra Examples- Our job is to protect the citizens of Belfast and make it a safe city to live in.
- minorities who felt they had been treated as second-class citizens
- This terrible crime has shocked all law-abiding citizens.
- She is a prominent citizen of the town.
- Gay people have had enough of being treated as second-class citizens.
- It's not clear how the new law will affect the ordinary citizen.
- The king was visiting France as a private citizen.
- lawsuits brought against private citizens
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- naturalized
- British
- …
- somebody’s fellow citizens
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French citezein, alteration (probably influenced by deinzein ‘denizen’) of Old French citeain, based on Latin civitas ‘city’, from civis ‘citizen’.
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