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cit⋅i⋅zen

  [sit-uh-zuhn, -suhn]
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–noun
1. a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien ).
2. an inhabitant of a city or town, esp. one entitled to its privileges or franchises.
3. an inhabitant, or denizen: The deer is a citizen of our woods.
4. a civilian, as distinguished from a soldier, police officer, etc.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME citisein < AF citesein, OF citeain, equiv. to cite city + -ain -an; AF s perh. by assoc. with deinzain denizen

Related forms:
cit⋅i⋅zen⋅ly, adjective
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a·li·en   (ā'lē-ən, āl'yən)   
adj.  

  1. Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign: alien residents.

  2. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign.

  3. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament.

n.  

  1. An unnaturalized foreign resident of a country. Also called noncitizen.

  2. A person from another and very different family, people, or place.

  3. A person who is not included in a group; an outsider.

  4. A creature from outer space: a story about an invasion of aliens.

  5. Ecology An organism, especially a plant or animal, that occurs in or is naturalized in a region to which it is not native.

tr.v.   a·li·ened, a·li·en·ing, a·li·ens Law
To transfer (property) to another; alienate.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aliēnus, from alius, other; see al-1 in Indo-European roots.]
non·cit·i·zen   (nŏn-sĭt'ĭ-zən)   
n.  See alien.
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Word Origin & History

citizen 
c.1314, from Anglo-Fr. citezein (spelling alt. by infl. of denizen), from O.Fr. citeain, from cite (see city), replacing O.E. burhsittend and ceasterware. Sense of "inhabitant of a country" is 1380s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: cit·i·zen
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French citezein, alteration of Old French citeien, from cité city
1 : a native or naturalized individual who owes allegiance to a government (as of a state or nation) and is entitled to the enjoyment of governmental protection and to the exercise of civil rights —see also Scott v. Sandford in the IMPORTANT CASES section amendment xiv to the CONSTITUTION in the back matter —compare RESIDENT
NOTE: Under the Fourteenth Amendment, “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” A person born outside of the U.S. to parents who were born or naturalized in the U.S. is also a citizen of the U.S. A corporation is not considered a citizen for purposes of the privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. A corporation is, however, deemed a citizen of the state in which it is incorporated or has its principal place of business for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.
2 : a resident of a town or state who is also a U.S. native or was naturalized in the U.S.

Main Entry: non·cit·i·zen
Pronunciation: "nän-'si-t&-z&n
Function: noun
: one who is not a citizen
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