citizenhoodn.
/ˈsɪtᵻznhʊd/, U.S. /ˈsɪdᵻzənˌ(h)ʊd/, /ˈsɪdᵻsənˌ(h)ʊd/ 1. Citizens collectively; citizenry.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun]
folkc888
peoplea1325
frapec1330
commona1350
common peoplea1382
commonsa1382
commontya1387
communityc1400
meiniec1400
commonaltya1425
commonsa1500
vulgarsa1513
many1526
meinie1532
multitude1535
the many-headed beast (also monster)1537
number1542
ignobility1546
commonitya1550
popular1554
populace1572
popularya1578
vulgarity?1577
populacya1583
rout1589
the vulgar1590
plebs1591
mobile vulgusc1599
popularity1599
ignoble1603
the million1604
plebe1612
plebeity1614
the common filea1616
the herda1616
civils1644
commonality1649
democracy1656
menu1658
mobile1676
crowd1683
vulgusa1687
mob1691
Pimlico parliament?1774
citizenry1795
polloi1803
demos1831
many-headed1836
hoi polloi1837
the masses1837
citizenhood1843
John Q.1922
wimble-wamble1937
1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 76 Law, physic, and taxation, affix their vampire claws into the citizenhood of this enlightened metropolis.
1871 Daily News 15 Mar. What seems to me to be the real feeling of German citizenhood.
1913 Inland Printer Aug. 752/1 I saluted the future generation, the citizenhood of tomorrow.
1972 W. Ullmann Short Hist. Papacy Middle Ages xii. 300 Political power rested with the totality of the citizenhood acting through its parliament.
2010 J. A. Belzen Towards Cultural Psychol. Relig. viii. 136 Fortmann published over a hundred articles..on such subjects as education for the citizenhood.
2. The state or condition of being a citizen.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > [noun] > opposed to foreigner or visitor > status of
civilityc1384
denizenship1603
citizenship1831
citizenhood1851
society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > status or rights of being a citizen
burgessy1340
civilityc1384
franchisea1400
burgess-shipa1450
free burghership?1555
citizenship1611
cit1679
burghership1725
citizenhood1851
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > collectively
borough-folkc1200
borough-werenc1275
burgh-werec1275
cityc1300
town folkc1325
towna1382
commonity1456
nation1523
portery1565
town1582
townspeople1587
civility1598
municipality1790
citizenry1795
citizenhood1851
burgherage1858
burgherdom1884
burgherhood1885
1851 Manch. Examiner & Times 19 Nov. 6/1 Popular enlightenment is conducive to good citizenhood.
1897 Bk. Rev. June 44/1 A democracy..goes forth as a missionary force to create citizenhood in men who know not the meaning of the word.
1937 Life 4 Oct. 32 Can a body of men uprooted, toughened and disillusioned by war ever be returned to normal citizenhood?
2002 J. Prevas Xenophon's March i. 20 The concepts of citizenhood, democracy, or trial by jury were unknown to the Persians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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