DENIZEN

denizen

(noun) a plant or animal naturalized in a region; “denizens of field and forest”; “denizens of the deep”

inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller

(noun) a person who inhabits a particular place

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

denizen (plural denizens)

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.

One who frequents a place.

(British, historical) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.

(biology) An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.

A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language.

Usage notes

As a British legal category, used between 13th and 19th century (mentioned but not used in 20th century), made obsolete by naturalisation – see denization.

Synonyms

• (inhabitant of a place): dweller, inhabitant, native, resident

• (one who frequents a place): regular

Verb

denizen (third-person singular simple present denizens, present participle denizening, simple past and past participle denizened)

(transitive, British, historical) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

(transitive) To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.

Anagrams

• endizen

Source: Wiktionary

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Den"i*zen, n. Etym: [OF. denzein, deinzein, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from within, intus being from in in. See In, and cf. Foreign.]

1. A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.

2. One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.

3. One admitted to residence in a foreign country. Ye gods, Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. Dryden.

Den"i*zen, v. t.

1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges. As soon as denizened, they domineer. Dryden.

2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants. There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. J. D. Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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