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Webster 1913 Edition


Cit

Cit

,
Noun.
[Contr. fr.
citizen
.]
A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; – used contemptuously.
“Insulted as a cit”.
Johnson
Which past endurance sting the tender
cit
.
Emerson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cit

CIT

,
Noun.
[contracted from citizen.] A citizen, in a low sense; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; a pragmatical trader.