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| Boy Scout |
a male member of a youth organization that teaches outdoor skills, physical fitness, and good citizenship. |
| Boy Scouts of America |
an American organization for youth that teaches outdoor skills, good citizenship, and physical fitness. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 |
an act signed into law in 1882 that barred Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. for a period of ten years and, in addition, prohibited all Chinese immigrants from becoming naturalized citizens. Immigrants from China were not permitted naturalized citizenship until 1943. |
| civic |
of or having to do with citizens or citizenship. [1/2 definitions] |
| country |
one's land of citizenship or birth. [1/5 definitions] |
| denaturalize |
to strip of citizenship in a country. [1/2 definitions] |
| disenfranchise |
to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, esp. the right to vote; disfranchise. [1/2 definitions] |
| disfranchise |
to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, esp. the right to vote; disenfranchise. [1/2 definitions] |
| franchise |
to grant the rights of citizenship to, esp. the right to vote; enfranchise. [1/5 definitions] |
| freeman |
one who has the rights and privileges of citizenship. [1/2 definitions] |
| INS |
an abbreviation for "Immigration and Naturalization Service," which is now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). |
| jus sanguinis |
the legal principle that a child is a citizen of the country of his or her parents' citizenship. |
| nationalize |
to confer citizenship on; naturalize. [1/3 definitions] |
| naturalization |
the act, on the part of a government, of granting full citizenship to a foreign-born person. [1/2 definitions] |
| naturalize |
to confer citizenship on. [1/4 definitions] |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| repatriate |
to send back or restore (a political refugee or prisoner of war) to the country of origin or citizenship. [1/2 definitions] |
| USCIS |
an abbreviation for "United States Citizenship and Immigration Services." The USCIS is the government department that deals with people who have moved to the United States and with people who want to become citizens of the United States. |
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