Definitions for Denizen
ˈdɛn ə zəndenizen

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indwellernoun

   a person who inhabits a particular place

2. denizennoun

   a plant or animal naturalized in a region

   "denizens of field and forest"; "denizens of the deep"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. denizennoun

   An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.

   The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.

2. denizennoun

   One who frequents a place.

   The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.

3. denizennoun

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

4. denizennoun

   Used to describe the range or habitat of an animal or plant.

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

5. denizenverb

   To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

   He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.

6. Etymology: From denisein, from denzein, from deinz, from deintus (dedans).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DENIZEN, DENISONnoun

   A freeman; one infranchised.

   Etymology: from dinasddyn, a man of the city, or dinesydd, free of the city, Welsh.

   Denizen is a British law term, which the Saxons and Angles found here, and retained. Davies’s Preface.

   Thus th’ Almighty fire began: ye gods,
   Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes,
   From whence these murmurs? Dryden.

   A great many plants will hardly, with nursing, be made to produce their seed out of their native soil; but corn, so necessary for all people, is fitted to grow and to seed as a free denison of the world. Nehemiah Grew, Cosm. b. iii. c. 2.

   He summons straight his denizens of air;
   The lucid squadrons the sails repair. Alexander Pope, Rape of the Lock.

2. To Denizenverb

   To infranchise; to make free.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Pride, lust, covetize, being several
   To these three places, yet all are in all;
   Mingled thus, their issue is incestuous;
   Falshood is denizen’d, virtue is barbarous. John Donne.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. denizen

   A denizen is an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place, often one who is considered a permanent resident. It can also refer to a foreigner who has been granted rights of residence and sometimes limited citizenship. In ecology, it can refer to an animal or plant species that has become naturalized in a region.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Denizennoun

   a dweller; an inhabitant

2. Denizennoun

   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

3. Denizennoun

   one admitted to residence in a foreign country

4. Denizenverb

   to constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges

5. Denizenverb

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

6. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Denizen

   den′i-zn, 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. [O. Fr. deinzein—deinz, dens (Fr. dans), within—L. de intus, from within.]

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How to pronounce Denizen?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Denizen in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Denizen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Denizen
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Denizen
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Denizen
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Denizen
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Denizen