denizen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: denizen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for denizen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
denizen n a person who inhabits a particular place [syn: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller] a plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field and forest"; "denizens of the deep"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Denizen \Den"izen\ (d[ecr]n"[icr]z'n), n. [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}.] 1. A dweller; an inhabitant. [bd]Denizens of air.[b8] --Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. --Sir W. Scott. 2. 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. One admitted to residence in a foreign country. Ye gods, Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Denizen \Den"i*zen\, v. t. 1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges. As soon as denizened, they domineer. --Dryden. 2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants. There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. --J. D. Hooker.