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citizenship

noun
/ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/UK

Etymology

From citizen + -ship. Displaced native Old English burgrǣden, equivalent to borough + -red.

  1. derived from citeain
  2. derived from citesain — “burgher; city-dweller”
  3. inherited from citeseyn
  4. formed as citizenship — “citizen + -ship”

Definitions

  1. The state of being a citizen

    The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

    • Both sides cited the case of United States vs. Wong Kim Ark from 1898, which defines elements of citizenship for immigrants.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for citizenship. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA