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citizen
adjectives
a good citizen
• One of the aims of education is to produce good citizens.
a law-abiding citizen
(= never breaking the law )
• Most of the people in this town are law-abiding citizens.
a respectable/decent citizen
(= good and honest )
• There are gangs on the streets who are terrorizing respectable citizens.
an upstanding/upright citizen
(= honest and responsible )
• The rest of his family are honest upright citizens.
a model citizen
(= a very good one )
• His neighbours described him as a model citizen.
an ordinary citizen
( also a regular citizen American English )
• The government is not aware of the views of ordinary citizens.
a senior citizen
(= someone over 60 years old, or someone who has retired )
• There are special clubs for senior citizens.
sb’s fellow citizens
(= people who live in the same town, country etc as you )
• 70% of our fellow citizens live in poverty.
a private citizen
(= an ordinary citizen without a public position )
• Laws exist to protect private citizens.
a leading/prominent citizen
(= an important one )
• The protests were led by leading citizens in the community.
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noun ADJ. full a group of indigenous people fighting for acceptance as full citizens of the country | naturalized | Italian, Thai, etc. | decent, good, honest, law-abiding, respectable, responsible, upright This terrible crime has shocked all law-abiding citizens. | leading, prominent She is a prominent citizen of the town. | average, ordinary It's not clear how the new law will affect the ordinary citizen. | second-class minorities who felt they had been treated as second-class citizens | private The king was visiting France as a private citizen. | senior travel concessions for senior citizens
Oxford Collocations Dictionary