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A citizen of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara.

flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded. Fairholt. No citizen thought himself safe unless he carried under his coat a small flail, loaded with lead, to brain the Popish assassins. Macaulay.

rn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London. Marston.

not. Shak. For because, because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens." Robynson (More's Utopia). -- For why. (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. [Obs.] (b) Because. [Obs.] See Forwhy.

Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.] The generous and gravest citizens. Shak.

A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.

A jury, for the trial of a fore foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.

, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.

A native or citizen of Ionia.

A native of Ireland who has become an American citizen; also, a child or descendant of such a person.

asing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.

A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen. Mitford. The whole force of Athens, metics as well as citizens, and all the strangers who were then in the city. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies. The king's captains and soldiers fight his battles, and yet... the power of the militia is he. Jer.…

y; a disorderly crowd. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. Pope. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. Madison. Confused by brainless mobs. Tennyson. Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law. -- Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regar…

sued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin. To prevent such abuses, ... it has been found necessary ... to affix a public stamp upon certain quantities of such particular metals, as were in those countries…

Citizen's dress when worn by a naval or military officer; -- a term derived from the British service in India. [Colloq. Eng.]

Silent; not speaking. Thackeray. The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. Shak.

w with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.

To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a native subject.