English equivalent of "Gemeinsmann"

In einer eMail vom 31.05.2011 20:39:08 Westeuropäische Sommerzeit schreibt
trevor@gontzfamily.org:

Here is what I have compiled:

Gemeinsmann = citizen, parishioner, man of the community, community
member, common man, commoner

"Gemeindtsmann" ( gemeiner Mann ) is in the old German language the
same as Bürger or Einwohner

Hello, Trevor,

I think "citizen" is the best word for it = "Bürger". "Einwohner" is simply
someone who resides there. But the word says nothing about his rights.
Citizen = Bürger is much better.

Roland Geiger, St. Wendel