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citizenship

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp//

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

noun

  1. 1

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

    Katz himself is one of them. Originally an American citizen, the entrepreneur acquired citizenships in Israel and Canada where he lived for long periods. Later, he obtained a St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship through a real estate investment.

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

Etymology

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

Forms

plural
citizenships
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).