'Denizen' definitions:

Definition of 'denizen'

From: WordNet
noun
A person who inhabits a particular place [syn: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller]
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]

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