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ACTIVE CITIZEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does active citizen mean?
• ACTIVE CITIZEN (noun)
The noun ACTIVE CITIZEN has 1 sense:
1. a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch)
Familiarity information: ACTIVE CITIZEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("active citizen" is a kind of...):
citizen (a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community)
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