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1. One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises. That large body of the working men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a

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1. One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises. That large body of the working men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to serve as an anodyne to their stomachs. G. Eliot. 2. An inhabitant of a city; a townsman. Shak. 3. A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it. Note: This protection is . . . national protection, recognition of the individual, in the face of foreign nations, as a member of the state, and assertion of his security and rights abroad as well as at home. Abbot 4. One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.

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    child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok cock + nay, neye, for ey egg , AS. 1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. "A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling." Nash . This great
  • SUBJECTION
    1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government
  • SUBJECTIST
    One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.
  • SUBJECTNESS
    Quality of being subject.
  • FARMERESS
    A woman who farms.
  • CLOWNAGE
    Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery. B. Jonson.
  • RUSTICAL
    Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray. -- Rus"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Rus"tic*al*ness, n.
  • SWAINLING
    A little swain.
  • PEASANT
    A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries. Syn. -- Countryman; rustic; swain; hind. (more info) with the p.pr. of verbs), païsan, F. paysan, fr. OF. & F. pays
  • PEASANTLY
    Peasantlike. Milton.
  • FARMERY
    The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.
  • DENIZEN
    or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from within, intus being from in in. See In, 1. A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir
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    To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope.
  • CLOWN
    Fries. kl clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log block, and E. 1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney. 2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child
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    Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic." Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv. Syn. -- Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill- bred; boorish; rustic;
  • YEOMANRY
    1. The position or rank of a yeoman. "His estate of yeomanry." Chaucer. 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion. Bancroft. 3. The yeomanry cavalry. Yeomanry cavalry,
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    The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness. The sweetness and rusticity of a pastoral can not be so well expressed in any other tongue as in the Greek, when rightly mixed and qualified with the Doric
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    A swellfish.
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    The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior. That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke.
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    Having no subject.
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    Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
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    In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
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    Issuing forth; effluent.
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    Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.
  • REGNATIVE
    Ruling; governing.
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    One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
  • COORDINATIVE
    Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs.
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    To swell or rise up.

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