citizenry

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citizenry

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From citizen + -ry. Displaced native Old English burgwaru.

noun citizenries

  1. countable, uncountable The group of all citizens; citizens taken collectively. It's one of the main selling points of the prison business: that they keep the sexually non-conformist or "deviant" out of sight of the respectable citizenry, especially to "protect" the children.

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noun the group of all citizens

Españolciudadanía
हिन्दीनागरिक वर्ग nāgrik varg
Portuguêscidadania
Françaiscorps des citoyens, citoyens, population
Italianocittadinanza
Русскийгра́ждане gráždane

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"citizenry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/citizenry. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{citizenry_2026,
  title = {citizenry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/citizenry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}