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Citizen Ordinary Noun Country Legally Accepted Belonging American

word citizen
definition
noun
Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
...American citizens.
The life of ordinary citizens began to change.
The citizens of a town or city are the people who live there.
...the citizens of Buenos Aires.
adjective
You describe someone as a citizen journalist or a citizen scientist, for example, when they are an ordinary person with no special training who does something that is usually done by professionals .
Several reports are coming from citizen journalists in the area.
inflections citizens
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