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See also:CITIZEN (a See also:form corrupted in Eng., apparently by See also:analogy with " See also:denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen) , etymologically the inhabitant of a See also:city, cite or civitas (see CITY), and in See also:England the See also:term still used primarily of persons possessing civic rights in a See also:borough; thus used also of a townsman as opposed to a countryman . The more extended use of the word, however, corresponding to civitas, gives " See also:citizen " the meaning of one who is a constituent member of a See also:state in See also:international relations and as such has full See also:national rights and owes a certain See also:allegiance (q.v.) as opposed to an "See also:alien"; in republican countries the term is then commonly employed as the See also:equivalent of " subject " in monarchies of feudal origin . For the rules governing the obtaining of citizenship in this latter sense in the See also:United States and elsewhere see See also:NATURALIZATION . |
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