citizen

Definitions

• A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally-recognized rights or duties.
• A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.
• An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place.
• (Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or later of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.
• A civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group.
• (obsolete) An ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other.
• (now) A term of address among French citizens during the French Revolution or towards its supporters elsewhere; later a term of address among socialists and communists.
• (computing) An object.