citizen
noun/ˈsɪtɪzn/
Слово англійською: citizen
Переклад citizen українською: громадянин
Детальний опис
- a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country
- 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.
- citizen of something Some politicians seem to be treating the citizens of this country with contempt.
- a person who lives in a particular place
- When you're old, people treat you like a second-class citizen.
- There have been meetings of concerned citizens over proposed development plans.
- citizen of something the decent, law-abiding citizens of this city
- the citizens of Budapest
compare subject
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French citezein, alteration (probably influenced by deinzein ‘denizen’) of Old French citeain, based on Latin civitas ‘city’, from civis ‘citizen’.