citizen volunteer

collocation in English

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citizen
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən/us
/ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən/
a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town ...
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volunteer
noun[C]
uk
/ˌvɒl.ənˈtɪər/us
/ˌvɑː.lənˈtɪr/
a person who does something, especially helping other people, willingly and without being forced or paid to ...
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(Definition ofcitizenandvolunteerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This undoubtedly will result in acitizenvolunteerreserve with a substantial preponderance of what are called teeth arms.
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For these proposals, if they go through, sound the death knell of acitizenvolunteerarmy in this country.
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That might serve as an analogy for the fundamental purpose of acitizenvolunteerreserve in this country.
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They had decided that in future there was only one requirement for acitizenvolunteerreserve.
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They had recognised now that there was a need for home defence—not in any particular narrowly defined sense, but in a general sense—by acitizenvolunteerreserve.
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Indeed, the speed and capability of expansion in terms of material may well dictate, among other factors, the size and composition of thecitizenvolunteerreserve.
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The city government adopted his proposal and mobilized a large number of citizen volunteers to dig the lake, which took three months to complete.
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The idea being that the time each citizen volunteers to the panel is part of a public service, such as jury duty.
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Athenian juries were drawn by lottery from a group of male citizen volunteers.
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These bodies are made up of city councillors and private citizen volunteers.
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Each company of citizen volunteers was uniformed, though these differed considerably from unit to unit.
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A well-organized parole and probation program employs numerous citizen volunteers.
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The council members set policy, approve budgets, pass ordinances, appoint citizen volunteers to advisory boards, and oversee the city staff.
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