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citess [f. cit + -ess.] 1. A female cit.1685 Dryden Albion & Alb. Prol. 43 Cits and Citesses, raise a joyful strain. † 2. A citizeness. ‘Used in America during the first years of the French Revolution as a translation of the revolutionary title citoyenne’ (Bartlett).
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cit arch. (sɪt) Also 7–8 citt. 1. a. Short for citizen; usually applied, more or less contemptuously, to a townsman or ‘cockney’ as distinguished from a countryman, or to a tradesman or shopkeeper as distinguished from a gentleman; Johnson says ‘A pert low townsman; a pragmatical trader’.a 1644 Clev...
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citizen - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jan 10, 2024citizen (plural citizens) A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally - recognized rights or duties. [from 14th c.] Synonyms: burgess, burgher, cityite, freeman. Hyponyms: citess, (female) citizeness.
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Olympe de Gouges
American women began to refer to themselves as citess or citizeness and took to the streets to achieve equality and freedom.
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