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adoptive citizen

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