citizens
SIT-i-zuhnz/ˈsɪt.ɪ.zənz/
- 1Plural of citizen.
Concerned citizens packed the council chamber to protest the proposed tax.
The treaty granted naturalized citizens the same rights as those born in the country.
Note
A regular plural that keeps every meaning of the singular, so context decides which group is meant. Citizens can be the people of a town, the members of a state, or simply civilians set apart from police and soldiers. Religious writing speaks of the citizens of the heavenly city, and an obsolete use placed citizens between the gentry above and laborers below.
citizens is a form of citizen
citizen, noun: A legally recognized member of a state, holding the rights and obligations that come with that role. Full entry
- Forms
- citizencitizens plural
- Spelling
- citizen → citizens: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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