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CITIZENRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The body of citizens of a state or country
Example:
the Spanish people
Synonyms:
citizenry; people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("citizenry" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Meronyms (members of "citizenry"):
citizen (a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citizenry"):
country people; countryfolk (people living in the same country; compatriots)
Achaean; Arcado-Cyprians (the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea)
Aeolian (the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia)
Dorian (the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC)
Ionian (the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia)
electorate (the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote)
governed (the body of people who are citizens of a particular government)
