sovereign citizen

English

Noun

sovereign citizen (plural sovereign citizens)

  1. A member of a loose movement of Americans, Canadians and Australians who consider themselves answerable only to their own particular interpretation of the common law, and not subject to any government statutes or proceedings.
  2. The body politic of a nation.
    • 1989 June 1, William Greider, “What Oliver North's Trial Means to US”, in Rolling Stone‎:
      lying to the sovereign citizens as well.
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