See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

CITIZEN (a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form corrupted in Eng., apparently by See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy with " See also:

• DENIZEN (derived through the Fr. from Lat. de intus, " from within," i.e. as opposed to " foreign ")

denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)  , etymologically the inhabitant of a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, cite or civitas (see CITY), and in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England the See also:

• TERM

term still used primarily of persons possessing civic rights in a See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

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 (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen " the meaning of one who is a constituent member of a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international relations and as such has full See also:

• NATIONAL

national rights and owes a certain See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance (q.v.) as opposed to an "See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien"; in republican countries the term is then commonly employed as the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

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

United States and elsewhere see See also:

• NATURALIZATION

NATURALIZATION .