Noun

(en noun) (US)

The process of becoming older or more mature.

Allowing something to become older.

The owner asked the clerk to age some big bills that were due.

The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.

(gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time

(euphemistic) Elderly person. Only as a collective plural in "the aging"

Noun

(en noun)

A person who is legally recognized as a member of a state, with associated rights and obligations.

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When the rebellion broke out, the United States promptly evacuated its citizens from the area.

(dated) A member of a state that is not a monarchy; used in contrast with subject .

A person who is a legally recognized resident of a city or town.

* George Eliot

That large body of the working men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to serve as an anodyne to their stomachs.

A resident of any particular place to which the subject feels he/she belongs.

* 2007', John English, '''''Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

A civilian, as opposed to a soldier, police officer etc.