citizen – English noun declension

English noun forms of citizen

Noun: citizen
Singularcitizen
Pluralcitizens

Sample Sentences

  • [T]hat large body of the working men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to serve as an anodyne to their stomachs were likely to get impatient. [1862 July – 1863 August, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “What Florence was Thinking of”, in Romola. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1863, →OCLC, book II, page 180:]
  • I am a Roman citizen.
  • Assistant: You'll meet with the managing director and Dr Sinita Brahmachari, the engineer who designed the chair.
  • Peter Mackenzie: Indian, is he?
  • Assistant: She is a British citizen, Minister. Born in Coventry. [1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 4:]
  • Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control. [2012 January 26, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2012, page 74:]
  • He is also a citizen of Antigua, because he purchased a home – where he now resides with his family. [2019 October 7, Kate Springer, “Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world”, in CNN:]
  • Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world.
  • A jellyfish... carries poison cells that can sting other citizens of the sea. [1979 October, Boys' Life, page 33:]
  • [W]ould Mr. Delvile, who hardly ever spoke but to the high-born, without seeming to think his dignity somewhat injured, deign to receive for a daughter in law the child of a citizen and tradesman? [1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.6:]
  • Citizen, I desire nothing more than to get to Paris, though I could dispense with the escort. [1859, Charles Dickens, “In Secret”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book III (The Track of a Storm), page 166:]
  • The HIG delivers Apple's design commandments, the company's definition of what it means to be a good iPhone citizen. [2010, Josh Clark, Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 99:]

Etymology

From Middle English citeseyn (“inhabitant of a city or town”), citezein, citisein, from Anglo-Norman citesain (“city-dweller, town-dweller”), citesein, citezein, alteration of citeien from cite (“city”) + -ien (“-ain”) (probable variant of cithein perhaps influenced by dainzain (“denizen”), deinzein), from Old French cite (“city”) + -ien (whence French citoyen), from earlier citet, from Latin civitatem, citatem, from civis. See also city. Displaced native Old English burhsittend and Old English ceasterware. See: Middle English Nouns 'citeseyn', Latin Nouns 'civitas'.

Verbs referencing "citizen"

Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns siddis.