Citizens ˈsɪtɪzn Lives Ordinary European Private French Second Class

• the defeat of the president did not change the lives of ordinary citizens for the better.
• an economic slowdown that has left millions of our fellow citizens unemployed
• she's italian by birth but is now an australian citizen.
• polish citizens living in other parts of the european union

citizen

1. a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country
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• The defeat of the president did not change the lives of ordinary citizens for the better.
• an economic slowdown that has left millions of our fellow citizens unemployed
• She's Italian by birth but is now an Australian citizen.
• Polish citizens living in other parts of the European Union
• the government's failure to address the concerns of the average citizen
• In light of the unrest in the country, the US embassy has urged private citizens to leave.
• I became a naturalized American citizen when I was 18.
• He said the primary responsibility of a state is to protect its citizens from attack.
• This shows that the government respects the rights of citizens.
• Some politicians seem to be treating the citizens of this country with contempt.

Extra Examples

• They are fighting for acceptance as full citizens of the country.
• Citizens of other European countries do not need work permits.
• He later became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
• The issues that interested most French citizens were domestic rather than foreign.
2. a person who lives in a particular place
• SEE ALSO active citizen
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/active-citizen
• When you're old, people treat you like a second-class citizen.
• There have been meetings of concerned citizens over proposed development plans.
• the decent, law-abiding citizens of this city
• the citizens of Budapest

Extra Examples

• Our job is to protect the citizens of Belfast and make it a safe city to live in.
• minorities who felt they had been treated as second-class citizens
• This terrible crime has shocked all law-abiding citizens.
• She is a prominent citizen of the town.
• Gay people have had enough of being treated as second-class citizens.
• It's not clear how the new law will affect the ordinary citizen.
• The king was visiting France as a private citizen.
• lawsuits brought against private citizens

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French citezein, alteration (probably influenced by deinzein ‘denizen’) of Old French citeain, based on Latin civitas ‘city’, from civis ‘citizen’.