'Denizen' definitions:
Definition of 'denizen'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field and forest"; "denizens of the deep"
Definition of 'Denizen'
From: GCIDE
- Denizen \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. [1913 Webster]
- Denizens of their own free, independent state. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One admitted to residence in a foreign country. [1913 Webster]
- Ye gods, Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Denizen'
From: GCIDE
- Denizen \Den"i*zen\, v. t.
- 1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges. [1913 Webster]
- As soon as denizened, they domineer. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants. [1913 Webster]
- There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. --J. D. Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'denizen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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