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citizen A citizen is a person who belongs to a city or state through recognized civic standing.

A citizen is a person who belongs to a city or state through recognized civic standing. Historically, the word first referred to someone with municipal rights in a city, and later also to either a city inhabitant or a person with political rights in a sovereign state.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Citizen” (Citizen).
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