citizen /ˈsɪtɪzən/noun 10forms 2 noun10 •a person who by law belongs to a country, has rights there and must do what its laws askI am a Roman citizen. •A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.[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 •An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place.Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world. •A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. •(figurative) A notional inhabitant of a software system; an object or a software application.The HIG delivers Apple's design commandments, the company's definition of what it means to be a good iPhone citizen. — 2010 •A civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group. •A personal Title denoting citizenship, implicitly of the nation in which it is spoken •(historical) A term of address among supporters of the French Revolution in France or elsewhere; (later, dated) a term of address among socialists and communists.Citizen, I desire nothing more than to get to Paris, though I could dispense with the escort. — 1859 •A pupil of City of London School •(no longer used) An ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other.[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 formsCitizens · citizens