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adoptive citizen

NOUN
citizen
Synonyms
STRONGEST
inhabitant national resident taxpayer
STRONG
burgher civilian commoner cosmopolite denizen dweller householder occupant settler townsman townsperson townswoman villager voter
WEAK
John/Jane Q. Public burgess freeman/woman member of body politic member of community naturalized person subject urbanite
Antonyms
STRONG
alien foreigner
NOUN
immigrant
Synonyms
STRONG
migrant newcomer
WEAK
colonist documented alien foreigner incomer naturalized citizen settler undocumented alien
Antonyms
STRONGEST
national native
WEAK
local

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It is even said that the Chinese of centuries ago understood the value of the Page 62screw-propeller—for inventing which our adoptive citizen Ericsson stands in bronze on New York's Battery.

From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

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