citizenry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From citizen + -ry. Displaced native Old English burgwaru.
Meanings
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(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.
1983 December 10, Mike Riegle, “Sexual Politics of "Crime": Inside and Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| citizenries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
sh građanstvo (the group of all citizens) · fr corps des citoyens (the group of all citizens) · pt cidadania (the group of all citizens) · mk граѓанство (the group of all citizens) · cs občanstvo (the group of all citizens) · hu polgárság (the group of all citizens) · it cittadinanza (the group of all citizens) · fi kansalaiset (the group of all citizens) · es ciudadanía (the group of all citizens) · eo civitanaro (the group of all citizens) · pl obywatele (the group of all citizens) · sh гра̏ђа̄нство (the group of all citizens) · fr population (the group of all citizens) · hi नागरिक वर्ग (the group of all citizens) · fr citoyens (the group of all citizens) · ru гра́ждане (the group of all citizens)