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1.nounA resident of a city or town, especially one with legally-recognized rights or duties.
2.nounA legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.
3.nounAn inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place."Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world."
4.nounA resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.
5.nounA civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group.
6.nounAn ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other.
7.noun(usually capitalized) A term of address among French citizens during the French Revolution or towards its supporters elsewhere; (later, dated) a term of address among socialists and communists.
8.nounAn object.