protocitizen

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounprotocitizen (plural protocitizens)

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

Origin

From proto- + citizen.

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APA

protocitizen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protocitizen

MLA

“protocitizen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protocitizen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protocitizen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protocitizen.

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