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noun
- 1. a person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place: "denizens of field and forest"
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DENIZEN definition: 1. an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place: 2. an animal…. Learn more.
The meaning of DENIZEN is inhabitant. How to use denizen in a sentence. inhabitant; a person admitted to residence in a foreign country; especially : an alien admitted to rights of citizenship…
noun. an inhabitant; resident. a person who regularly frequents a place; habitué: the denizens of a local bar. anything adapted to a new place, condition, etc., such as an animal or plant not indigenous to a place but successfully naturalized.
DENIZEN meaning: 1. an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place: 2. an animal…. Learn more.
A denizen is an inhabitant or frequenter of a particular place: a citizen of a country, a resident in a neighborhood, a maven of a museum, a regular at a bar, or, even, a plant that is naturalized in a region.
noun. 1. an inhabitant; occupant; resident. 2. British. an individual permanently resident in a foreign country where he or she enjoys certain rights of citizenship. 3. a plant or animal established in a place to which it is not native. 4. a naturalized foreign word. verb. 5. (transitive) to make a denizen. Collins English Dictionary.
a person, an animal or a plant that lives, grows or is often found in a particular place synonym inhabitant. polar bears, denizens of the frozen north. the denizens of the local pub. The denizens of the canteen were mainly the accountants and IT staff.
1. An inhabitant; a resident: denizens of Buenos Aires; turtles and other swamp denizens. 2. One that frequents a particular place: a bar and its denizens; denizens of the deep sea. 3. Chiefly British A foreigner who is granted rights of residence and sometimes of citizenship. tr.v. den·i·zened, den·i·zen·ing, den·i·zens Chiefly British.
What does the word denizen mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word denizen. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. denizen has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. linguistics (late 1500s) ecology (late 1500s) Entry status.
To make a denizen of; grant rights of residence to. American Heritage. (UK) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize. He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country. Wiktionary. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants. Wiktionary.
