CITIZEN, CITIZENSHIP
NOUNS, PERSON
1225 — BURGESS a citizen; an inhabitant or resident of a borough, esp. of a town
1330 — BURGOISE a female citizen; the wife of a burgess → obs.
1555 — BURGHER a citizen; an inhabitant of a burgh, borough, or corporate town
1653 — NATURALIZANT a natural citizen or inhabitant → obs.
1901 — BURGHERESS a female burgher
1986 — ANCHOR CHILD a child sent by his or her family to live in a foreign country in order to quality for citizenship or legal residency there, as a means of securing citizenship or legal residency for other family members
1993 — ANCHOR BABY a child born to an immigrant mother living illegally in the United States, and thus qualifying for legal citizenship under U.S. law, esp. when considered as a means of securing citizenship or legal residency for other family members → US, usually offensive
VERBS
1884 — POLITIZE to make into citizens