About The Word Denizen
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Denizen
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What's The Definition Of Denizen?
[n] a plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field and forest"; "denizens of the deep"
[n] a person who inhabits a particular place Synonyms | Synonyms for Denizen: dweller | inhabitant Related Terms | Find terms related to Denizen: addressee | artist-in-residence | citizen | colonize | dweller | empeople | frequenter | habitant | haunter | house detective | incumbent | inhabit | inhabitant | inhabiter | inmate | inpatient | intern | live-in maid | liver | locum tenens | national | occupant | occupier | people | plant | populate | residencer | resident | resident physician | residentiary | resider | settle | settle in | sojourner | subject | tenant See Also | Alsatian | American | Aussie | Australian | Austronesian | being | borderer | cottage dweller | cottager | earthling | earthman | easterner | human | individual | island-dweller | islander | Kiwi | landlubber | landman | landsman | liver | marcher | mortal | New Zealander | Northerner | Occidental | occupant | occupier | organism | person | Philistine | plainsman | resident | somebody | someone | soul | tellurian | Trinidadian | villager | westerner Denizen In Webster's Dictionary \Den"i*zen\ (d[e^]n"[i^]*z'n), n. [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. |
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