dual citizen
noun[C]
uk/ˌdʒuː.əl ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən/us/ˌduː.əl ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən/someone who is alegalcitizen(= amember)of twocountriesat the sametime:
Shebecameadualcitizenof Cambodia and the US.
I am a US-Australiandualcitizen.
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dual national
- Neither USnorMexicanlawforbidsdualcitizensfromvotingin bothnations.
- He is adualcitizenof Jordan and theUSAwho haslivedin Seattle for 20years.
- I havefamilythat aredualcitizensor thatlivein the US asCanadiancitizens.
- He wasbornandgrewup in Edinburgh but he is adualcitizen- hisfatheris aformerUSserviceman.
Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- birthright citizenship
- body politic
- BRICS
- coast
- countrywide
- cross-border
- domestic
- domestically
- dual
- dual national
- motherland
- nation
- non-indigenous
- non-national
- noncitizen
- nuclear power
- offshoring
- statehood
- superpower
- transnational