noncitizen

noun

non·​cit·​i·​zen ˌnän-ˈsi-tə-zən How to pronounce noncitizen (audio)
also
-sən How to pronounce noncitizen (audio)
: a person who is not a citizen
the only noncitizen in town
often used before another noun
noncitizen students

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When federal officers roll through communities in the way the Supreme Court permitted, the constitutional rights of both citizens and noncitizens are inevitably violated, argued David Bier, the director of immigration studies at the libertarian Cato Institute. Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025 Plaintiffs argue that federal officials have coupled this surveillance with a campaign of public threats — warning that noncitizens who post anti-American or anti-Israel content online risk deportation or visa revocation. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 Earlier in the summer the Department asked more than two dozen states to turn over their complete voter rolls, including party affiliation, social security numbers and addresses, to the federal government as part of its effort to check if noncitizens are voting. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025 Secretary of State Diego Morales' office has referred a single case of a noncitizen voting in Indiana to law enforcement in Vigo County, due to a new controversial voter verification process. Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noncitizen

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of noncitizen was in 1850

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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncitizen. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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noncitizen

noun
non·​cit·​i·​zen
ˌnän-ˈsi-tə-zən
: one who is not a citizen

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