n. [ From cit. ] The manners of a cit or citizen. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a. [ City +-fy. ] Aping, or having, the manners of a city. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. citus swift (p. p. of cire, ciere, to move) + gradi to walk. See Cite. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (
a. [ Cf. F. citigrade. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the Citigradæ. --
n. One who is born or bred in a city; a citizen. [ Obs. ] Champan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. citisein, OF. citeain, F. citoyen, fr. cité city. See City, and cf. Cit. ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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 [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
I am not well,
But not so citizen a wanton as
To seem to die ere sick. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A female citizen. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. that portion of the radio frequency spectrum allocated by the FCC for the use of individual citizens for short-distance personal or business use, from either fixed or mobile stations. Abreviated CB. Called also