sovereign citizen

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sovereign citizen¹

noun sovereign citizens

  1. A member of a loose movement of Americans, Canadians and Australians who consider themselves answerable only to their own particular interpretation of the common law, and not subject to any government statutes or proceedings. An officer from a large metropolitan area said that “militias, neo-Nazis and sovereign citizens” are the biggest threat we face in regard to extremism. […] Last year, for example, a man who identified with the sovereign citizen movement — which claims not to recognize the authority of federal or loc

    Similar: sovereign, SovCit, sov

  2. in plural The body politic of a nation. The supreme authority remains with the sovereign citizens, and the uncurbed authority of the various branches of government, local, national and federal, extends only to the specific and limited functions which have been conferred upon each by the free consent of hte citizens for their better govern

Sovereign Citizen²

noun Sovereign Citizens

  1. Alternative letter-case form of sovereign citizen

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@misc{sovereign_citizen_2026,
  title = {sovereign citizen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sovereign%20citizen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}