Noun

(en noun)

The people living within a political or geographical boundary.

By extension, the people with a given characteristic.

A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.

(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.

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(statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.

* 1883 , (Francis Galton) et al., Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee , Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 269.

it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained.

(computing) The act of filling initially empty items in a collection.

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.