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citizen
c.1314, from Anglo-Fr.
citezein
(spelling alt. by infl. of
denizen
), from O.Fr.
citeain,
from
cite
(see
city
), replacing O.E.
burhsittend
and
ceasterware.
Sense of "inhabitant of a country" is late 14c. Related:
Citizenry
(1819).
