leading citizen

collocation in English

meaningsofleadingandcitizen

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leading
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈliː.dɪŋ/us
/ˈliː.dɪŋ/
very important or ...
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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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(Definition ofleadingandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleading citizen

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I had a conversation with aleadingcitizenin one of the coastal ports.
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He earned his freedom and became aleadingcitizenof the area.
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The house he purchased reflected his status as the community'sleadingcitizen.
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Serving his period of indenture, he earned his freedom and became aleadingcitizenof the area.
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Granted a large landholding, he became aleadingcitizenof the area.
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After his period of contracted servitude was finished, he earned his freedom and soon became aleadingcitizenof the fledgling colony.
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He undertook a great deal of work during his long life and was for decades aleadingcitizenof the town.
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Whilst he had wanted some otherleadingcitizento take on the role as mayor, he acceded to the request and his name was put forward.
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Periodic war scares in the early post-partition era compounded its leading citizens' sense of isolation.
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We do not bring her home by lifting the passports of her leading citizens.
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There he would have come into contact with the leading citizens of the day.
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Varus was approached by the leading citizens of the town, who begged him to surrender and spare the town the horrors of a siege.
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Many leading citizens built their large houses using white wash, sun-dried adobe bricks.
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The whole island took sides, and various leading citizens acted as witnesses, a dairy, love letters and other objects were produced as evidence.
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He was also a brewer, as were many of the town's leading citizens, and the proprietor of a flour mill.
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Moreover, they often provided music for church, state, and academic occasions and gained the patronage of leading citizens.
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A number of the town's founders and early leading citizens are buried there.
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All community foundations are overseen by a volunteer board of leading citizens and run by professionals with expertise in identifying their communities needs.
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The invitations were distributed among 450 leading citizens and officials in the capital.
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