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protocitizen

protocitizen noun: a person whose social status is an early approximation to the later idea of a citizen.

Noun

protocitizen (plural protocitizens)

  1. A person whose social status is an early approximation to the later idea of a citizen.
    • […] the transformation of Jewish serfs into permanent cultivators of national land as protocitizens.2016, Yael Allweil, Homeland: Zionism as Housing Regime, 1860–2011, page 66

Forms of protocitizen

pluralprotocitizens

Origin of protocitizen

From proto- + citizen.

Questions about protocitizen

What does protocitizen mean?
Protocitizen means a person whose social status is an early approximation to the later idea of a citizen.
What part of speech is protocitizen?
Protocitizen is a noun.
What is the plural of protocitizen?
The plural of protocitizen is protocitizens.

Words near protocitizen in the dictionary

  1. protochromosome
  2. protochromosomes
  3. protochronism
  4. protochronist
  5. protochronists
  6. protocitizen
  7. protocitizens
  8. protocitizenship
  9. protoclonal
  10. protoclone
  11. protoclones

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