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# citizen

«citizen» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who legally belongs to a country and has its…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a citizen, citizens)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A citizen is a person who legally belongs to a country and has its rights and duties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/#m1)

2) A citizen is a person who lives in a town or city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons pupils learn that citizens have rights (like freedom of speech) and responsibilities (like obeying the law). Good citizens help their community. Phrases: senior citizen (an older person), fellow citizens, a good citizen, global citizen.

### examples

- She became an Australian citizen last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/#x1)
- Good citizens look after their community. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/#x2)
- All citizens over 18 can vote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/#x3)
- Senior citizens get cheaper bus tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/#x4)
- The citizens of the town planted trees in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/#x5)
- Being a good citizen means helping others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/#x6)
- "You are a citizen of illustrious Athens, are you not?" asked the Dolphin politely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/#x7)

### note

Countable. Related: citizenship. «Senior citizen» is a polite way to say an older person, often a pensioner. Spelling: citiZen, not «citisen».

### In the corpora

- ["Senior citizen" is the official term for an old person, often over 60 or 65.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/8-toilets-and-getting-older/15/)
- [The French Revolution began in 1789, ended the monarchy in 1792 and spread new ideas about rights and citizens across Europe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew/16/)
- [About 2,500 years ago the citizens of Athens met on a hill and voted on laws, war and peace themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers/0/)
- [Instead they made a republic, where citizens elected leaders for one year at a time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/4/)
- [In Australia every adult citizen must vote, or pay a small fine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/96-laws-voting-government/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «citizen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.