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denizen

noun
/ˈdɛn.ɪ.zən/UK

Etymology

From Middle English denisein, from Old French denzein, from deinz (“within”) + -ein, from Late Latin dē intus (“from within”), whence French dans.

  1. derived from dē intus — “from within”
  2. derived from denzein
  3. inherited from denisein

Definitions

  1. An inhabitant of a place

    An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.

    • The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
    • […] adversity bends the heart as fire bends the stubborn steel, and those who are no longer their own governors, and the denizens of their own free independent state, must crouch before strangers.
    • The cries of the gorilla proclaimed that it was in mortal combat with some other denizen of the fierce wood. Suddenly these cries ceased, and the silence of death reigned throughout the jungle.

  2. One who frequents a place.

    • The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
    • He was well known to the sallow denizens of the lane; for such of them as were on the look-out to buy or sell, nodded, familiarly, as he passed along.
    • As a fan of West Ham United I’m always looking to legitimise my dislike of Chelsea FC. And on first viewing, this week’s jarring retro-Métro-racism seems like a good reason to condemn the denizens of Stamford Bridge.

  3. A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly…

    A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.

    • A denizen is a kind of middle state, between an alien and a natural-born subject, and partakes of both.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.

      • The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.

    2. A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language in terms of use, but not…

      A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language in terms of use, but not in terms of form.

    3. To grant rights of citizenship to

      To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

      • He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.
      • And, soon as Denizen’d, they domineer.

    4. To provide with denizens

      To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.

The neighborhood

Derived

cyberdenizen, denization, denize, denizenation, denizenize, denizenship, endenizen

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for denizen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA