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[ sit-uh-zuhn-ree, -suhn- ] / ˈsɪt ə zən ri, -sən- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR citizenry ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural cit·i·zen·ries.Origin of citizenryFirst recorded in 1810–20; citizen + -ry OTHER WORDS FROM citizenryun·der·cit·i·zen·ry, noun, plural un·der·cit·i·zen·ries.Words nearby citizenrycitify, citizen, citizeness, citizen journalism, Citizen Kane, citizenry, citizen's arrest, Citizens Band, Citizen's Charter, citizen science, citizenship Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for citizenryThat is the difference between the protections embedded in our Bill of Rights and the lived lives of our citizenry. What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST But it is too early to tell if the changes he helped unleash will prove sustainable, or if they will broadly serve our citizenry. Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck|Michael S. Roth|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Chinese citizenry look outward too, but the relationship is often commercial, not cultural. Chinese Tourists Are Taking Hong Kong Protest Selfies|Brendon Hong|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Still, the Chinese citizenry is not likely to sympathize much with Gu. China’s Jackie O, Gu Kailai, Faces Quick Justice in ‘Trial of the Century’|Melinda Liu|August 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That annoying responsibility stuff comes from three words that are anathema to the Tea Partiers: United American citizenry. Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake!|Stephen King|April 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST Therefore, one cannot understand the apple-tree unless one knows something of its citizenry. The Apple-Tree|L. H. Bailey There was no such thing as a citizenry trained to artillery. Our Army at the Front|Heywood Broun There must be a social contract among the citizenry to obey a certain sovereign. Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed.|S. A. Reilly The Seattle citizenry, for the first time in some weeks, recalled the existence of the stars. The Sky Line of Spruce|Edison Marshall For a planetary savior he was personally doing in an awful lot of the citizenry. Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
British Dictionary definitions for citizenryCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to citizenrysociety, populace, people, community, culture, state, public, federation, district, faction, nation, county, electorate, precinct, land, region, folk, denizens, dwellers, residents |