Definition


 * cit·i·zen** (sĭt'ĭ-zən) n.[[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PY0aGTU4gtuRdM:http://woodywoodcutter.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/dictionary.jpg width="201" height="161" align="right" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://woodywoodcutter.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/dictionary.jpg&imgrefurl=http://woodywoodcutter.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/the-bbb-dictionary/&usg=__9Rcb7lol0sOsdPSqkRHxzNbIz0g=&h=480&w=640&sz=93&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=PY0aGTU4gtuRdM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddictionary%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"]]
 * 1) A person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation.
 * 2) A resident of a city or town, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.

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Citizen, in its most general sense, an individual member of a given political society or state; by extension, one who owes allegiance to and may lawfully demand protection from the government of that state.

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