Denizen
['denɪz(ə)n]
Definition
(noun.) a plant or animal naturalized in a region; 'denizens of field and forest'; 'denizens of the deep'.
Checked by Danny--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A dweller; an inhabitant.
(n.) 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.
(n.) One admitted to residence in a foreign country.
(v. t.) To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.
(v. t.) To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
Edited by Debra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. (Eng. Law.) Naturalized citizen, adopted citizen.[2]. Inhabitant, dweller, resident.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Citizen, subject, inhabitant, sojourner, dweller, freedman
ANT:Foreigner, alien, stranger, exile, traveler
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Definition
n. an inhabitant (human or animal): one admitted to the rights of a citizen.—v.t. to make a denizen of: to provide with occupants.—v.i. to inhabit.—ns. Denizā′tion act of making one a citizen; Den′izenship.
Edited by Gail
Examples
- The cries of the gorilla proclaimed that it was in mortal combat with some other denizen of the fierce wood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Thus vanquished and restricted, she pined, like any other chained denizen of deserts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Sometimes this throat uttered Yes, sometimes it uttered No; sometimes it made inquiries about a time worn denizen of the place. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Even at this day the ignorant denizens of the neighboring country prefer not to sleep in it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If he were another of the wild denizens of this terrible forest what might he not do to claim her? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The denizens of the forest cannot, of course, expect to participate in the refinements of the land of the Free. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Why shouldn't I have a bonfire on the Fifth of November, like other denizens of the heath? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- 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. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Nature provides for the denizens of the deep that make these beautiful gems. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The therns fear the awful denizens of this cruel and hopeless world that they have fostered and allowed to grow beneath their feet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He straightway repaired to the carcass of Sabor, but was angered to find the bones picked clean by other hungry denizens of the jungle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Editor: Rosalie