Sekirov Dictionary

denizen

UK /ˈdɛn.ɪ.zən/US /ˈdɛn ə zən/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 3

noun5

•
An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.
- The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
•
An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
- The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.
•
One who frequents a place.
- The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
•
(UK, historical) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
- Though born in Iceland, he became a denizen of Britain after leaving Oxford.
A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language in terms of use, but not in terms of form.

verb2

•
(UK, historical) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
- He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.
•
To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
- There were a few islets in the sand […] . These were at once denizened by the Calotropis, Argemone, Tamarix, Gnaphalium luteoalbum and two other species […] . — 1849

forms

denizened · denizening · denizens

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