citizen
Voter with rights
A citizen is a person who belongs to a country by birth or naturalization, with the rights and duties that entails: She became a citizen after living here for seven years.
The term extends to membership in any community: citizens of the world, a citizen of the internet.
A senior citizen is an elderly person.
Citizen journalism describes news gathering by ordinary people rather than professional reporters.
Government-issued travel credential
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- homelandOne's native land
- countrymanPerson from same nation
- compatriotFellow national
sovereignty · allegiance · statehood · motherland · fatherland · diaspora · emigrant · expatriate
One who inhabits
- inhabitantOne who resides somewhere
- neighborPerson living nearby
- community memberPerson within a collective
- townsfolkResidents of a village
villager · local · householder · taxpayer · constituent · parishioner · voter · homeowner
Formally registering a choice
- electionOrganized public voting
- democracyRule by the people
- governmentAuthority over a state
- participationAct of taking part
council · municipality · assembly · referendum · representation · parliament · legislation · constitution
Right to cast ballots
- equalitySame status for all
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
franchise · protection · justice · representation · petition · redress · amendment · habeas corpus
Required courtroom participation
- taxesMandatory government payments
- military serviceDuty in armed forces
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- votingFormally registering a choice
compliance · allegiance · responsibility · community service · census · selective service · draft · national service
Cloth symbol or signal
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- veteranExperienced former soldier
service · sacrifice · allegiance · devotion · patriotism · hero · liberty · unity
Person fleeing danger abroad
- asylumShelter from persecution
- statelessWithout national belonging
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- visaTravel authorization stamp
green card · resident alien · undocumented · migrant · consulate · embassy · deportation · border
passport
Government-issued travel credential
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- homelandOne's native land
- countrymanPerson from same nation
compatriot · sovereignty · allegiance · statehood · motherland · fatherland · diaspora · emigrant · expatriate · nationhood
resident
One who inhabits
- inhabitantOne who resides somewhere
- neighborPerson living nearby
- community memberPerson within a collective
townsfolk · villager · local · householder · taxpayer · constituent · parishioner · voter · homeowner · tenant
voting
Formally registering a choice
- electionOrganized public voting
- democracyRule by the people
- governmentAuthority over a state
participation · council · municipality · assembly · referendum · representation · parliament · legislation · constitution · ordinance
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
due process · franchise · protection · justice · representation · petition · redress · amendment · habeas corpus · privacy
jury duty
Required courtroom participation
- taxesMandatory government payments
- military serviceDuty in armed forces
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
voting · compliance · allegiance · responsibility · community service · census · selective service · draft · national service · oath
flag
Cloth symbol or signal
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
veteran · service · sacrifice · allegiance · devotion · patriotism · hero · liberty · unity · memorial
refugee
Person fleeing danger abroad
visa · green card · resident alien · undocumented · migrant · consulate · embassy · deportation · border · customs
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- civic rolesvoter, taxpayer, constituent, candidate, elected official
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
citizennoncitizen
Non-national resident
alien · illegal alien · foreigner · undocumented immigrant · stateless person
- senior citizenAged person, typically retired
- citizens' arrestsPrivate persons detaining suspects
- good citizenLaw-abiding community participant
- second-class citizenOne denied equal treatment
- citizen's arrestCivilian detaining suspected criminal
- fellow citizenOne sharing nationality
citizens, citizenship, citizenry, noncitizen, citizenships, citizen science, citizen journalism, citizen-scientist