"noncitizen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: noncitizens [plural]
Etymology: From non- + citizen. Etymology templates: {{af|en|non-|citizen}} non- + citizen Head templates: {{en-noun}} noncitizen (plural noncitizens)
  1. Someone who is not a citizen. Derived forms: unlawful non-citizen Translations (someone who is not a citizen): неграмадзя́нін (njehramadzjánin) [masculine] (Belarusian), неграмадзя́нка (njehramadzjánka) [feminine] (Belarusian), mittekodanik (Estonian), ulkomaan kansalainen (Finnish), non-citoyen [masculine] (French), non-citoyenne [feminine] (French), Nichtbürger [masculine] (German), Nichtbürgerin [feminine] (German), non cittadino [masculine] (Italian), non cittadina [feminine] (Italian), nepilsonis [masculine] (Latvian), nepilsone [feminine] (Latvian), nepilietis [masculine] (Lithuanian), nepilietė [feminine] (Lithuanian), nieobywatel [masculine] (Polish), nieobywatelka [feminine] (Polish), неграждани́н (negraždanín) [masculine] (Russian), негражда́нка (negraždánka) [feminine] (Russian), nedržavljan [masculine] (Slovene), nedržavljanka [feminine] (Slovene), icke-medborgare (Swedish), негромадянин (nehromadjanyn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), негромадянка (nehromadjanka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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