noncitizen

noun

non·​cit·​i·​zen ˌnän-ˈsi-tə-zən 

also

-sən 

: a person who is not a citizen

the only noncitizen in town

—often used before another noun

noncitizen students

Examples of noncitizen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The letters also said a much smaller figure — 118,003 in the four states combined — had matched the name, date of birth, address and Social Security number of a noncitizen in DHS records. — Miles Parks, NPR, 31 July 2026

It was set up to deport noncitizens who could not be removed by the traditional legal process because the information about their cases was classified and could not be made public for national security reasons. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Take, for example, last week’s revelation in New Jersey that a computer software error—since corrected—may have allowed some 400 noncitizens to vote in recent state and local elections. — James Robenalt, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026

However, the vast majority of these folks did not actually vote, and many asked for their erroneous registrations to be purged, contrary to the Republican fantasy that millions of noncitizens are all gunning to illegally vote. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for noncitizen

• citizen

Legal Definition

noncitizen

noun

non·​cit·​i·​zen

ˌnän-ˈsi-tə-zən

: one who is not a citizen