Bible Dictionaries
Citizen

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.

(2):

(n.) A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.

(3):

(n.) One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.

(4):

(n.) One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.

(5):

(a.) Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.

(6):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Citizen'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/citizen.html. 1828.