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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
citizen/ˈsɪtɪzn/

▶noun

1 a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth.

2 an inhabitant of a town or city.

– derivatives
citizenry noun,
citizenship noun.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. citezein, alt. of OFr. citeain, based on L. civitas (see city).

'citizens' also found in these Oxford entries:

body politic - breaker - CAB - CB - Citizens' Advice Bureau - Citizens' Band - Citizen's Charter - civic - civil - civil law - civil rights - civil war - consul - cry - equites - helot - home rule - libertarianism - nation state - ostracize - Pekinese - people - police state - proletariat - toga - Uncle Sam - welfare state

Forum discussions with the word(s) "citizens" in the title:

a willingness on the part of citizens to defer consumption
about fellow citizens
Citizens
Citizens Do Not Want to Be Deprived of/Lose the Greenery
cope as citizens
corporate citizens
counter-citizens
degree holding citizens
For the citizens to deliver their cooking oil
Intrusive of the private life of citizens
It is Against the Grain of the Citizens of ...
many 'prominent' citizens
patients/citizens/ordinary people
second class citizens
Support for his strict control of the lives of citizens
The countries committed themselves to register/registering all their citizens.
The life/lives of all the citizens
the necessities and wishes of (the) citizens
with senior citizens often being targeted

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