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citizen
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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
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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
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citizen, subject, national mean a person owing allegiance to and entitled to the protection of a sovereign state. citizen is preferred for one owing allegiance to a state in which sovereign power is retained by the people and sharing in the political rights of those people.
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- the rights of a free citizen
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- the king's subjects
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- American nationals working in the Middle East
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