Entry Word: citizen

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it <conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right>

Synonyms national, subject

Related Words compatriot, countryman; inhabitant, native, nonimmigrant, resident

Near Antonyms foreigner, stranger; immigrant, nonnative

Antonyms alien, noncitizen

2 a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis <claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes> — see burgher