Expertlatin
- What's the difference between subject and a citizen?
- What is the concept of citizens?
- What does it mean to be a subject of a country?
- What are examples of citizens?
What's the difference between subject and a citizen?
Subject is derived from the latin words, sub and jacio, and means one who is under the power of another; but a citizen is an unit of a mass of free people, who, collectively, possess sovereignty.
What is the concept of citizens?
A citizen is a participatory member of a political community. Citizenship is gained by meeting the legal requirements of a national, state, or local government. A nation grants certain rights and privileges to its citizens. In return, citizens are expected to obey their country's laws and defend it against its enemies.
What does it mean to be a subject of a country?
Noun. citizen, subject, national mean a person owing allegiance to and entitled to the protection of a sovereign state.
What are examples of citizens?
a person who was born in a particular country and has certain rights or has been given certain rights because of having lived there: Nabokov was a Russian, then had British citizenship, and then became an American citizen.
