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subject noun ( PERSON )
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/ n [C] Definition
a person who lives in or who has the right to live in a particular country, especially a country with a king or queen
He is a British subject.
Compare: citizen
(Definition of subject noun (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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