ordinary citizen

collocation in English

meaningsofordinaryandcitizen

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ordinary
adjective
uk
/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us
/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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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 ofordinaryandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofordinary citizen

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When acting in public, everyone was bound by a duty to be the kind of prudent andordinarycitizenthe existence of which favors the progress of the community.
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However, it will be necessary to clean the system of all the aspects that make it a vehicle of segregation or exploitation against theordinarycitizen.
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Noordinarycitizenwill understand what that actually means.
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Theordinarycitizenwants to know what this treaty is all about.
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That is a great pity for its relationship with theordinarycitizen.
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The fears, concerns and complaints of theordinarycitizenmust definitely be taken seriously.
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Mention just one which is written in language that theordinarycitizencan understand.
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How does he propose to make the information that will become available under the legislation accessible to theordinarycitizen, not just to lobbyists?
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Theordinarycitizenmay not have been clear about what happened, but he figured that something bad had happened and did not like it.
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I am sure that theordinarycitizendoes not realise how competitive an industry must be to market a product today.
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When discussing health, it is important to know what theordinarycitizenthinks.
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After all, theordinarycitizenhas some rights.
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I pointed out in the past that theordinarycitizenis at a grave disadvantage in attempting to oppose a planning application.
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Government is being carried —that is, tile outlook of theordinarycitizenof this country who has no claim to expert knowledge.
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Such men have no private wires and have to send messages much longer than those which are normally sent by theordinarycitizen.
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It is one of the few concrete cases where theordinarycitizenis enabled to play a part in the administration of justice.
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I think the answer to that must be very puzzling to theordinarycitizenof this country.
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The privileges, on the other hand, are certain positive advantages which the diplomatic officer enjoys over theordinarycitizenof the country of his residence.
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Anyordinarycitizenreading the newspapers would have thought that nothing else was being discussed at that conference except the problem of territorial waters.
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