Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An inhabitant; a resident.
- noun One that frequents a particular place.
- noun Ecology An animal or a plant naturalized in a region.
- noun Chiefly British A foreigner who is granted rights of residence and sometimes of citizenship.
- transitive verb To make a denizen of; grant rights of residence to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a plant suspected to be of foreign origin, though behaving as if indigenous.
- To make a denizen; admit to residence with certain rights and privileges; endenizen.
- Within the city franchise; having acquired certain rights or privileges of citizenship.
- noun A stranger admitted to residence and certain rights in a foreign country; in English law, an alien admitted to citizenship by the sovereign's letters patent, but ineligible to any public office. The word has a similar meaning in South Carolina.
- noun A citizen; a dweller; an inhabitant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.
- transitive verb To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
- noun A dweller; an inhabitant.
- noun 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.
- noun One admitted to residence in a foreign country.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
inhabitant of a place; one whodwells in. - noun One who
frequents a place. - noun obsolete A person with rights between those of
naturalized citizen andresident alien (roughlypermanent resident ), obtained throughletters patent . - noun biology Used to describe the
range orhabitat of an animal or plant. - verb transitive, UK To grant rights of
citizenship to; tonaturalize . - verb transitive To provide with denizens; to
populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
- noun a plant or animal naturalized in a region
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"The term denizen literally means 'citizen of the world,'" said Ross Klein, global head of Hilton's Luxury & Lifestyle Brands division.
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"The term denizen literally means 'citizen of the world,'" Klein said in a statement.
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"The term denizen literally means 'citizen of the world,'" said Ross Klein, global head of Hilton's Luxury & Lifestyle Brands division.
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"The term denizen literally means 'citizen of the world,'" said Ross Klein, global head of Hilton's Luxury & Lifestyle Brands division.
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"The term denizen literally means 'citizen of the world,'" said Ross Klein, global head of Hilton's Luxury & Lifestyle Brands division.
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Denizen Hotels website remains fairly vague - lots of flash and plenty of sleek, chic introductions to the Denizen concept - here's what we know so far: the brand will be aimed at the "globally conscious modern traveler," with the word denizen meant to be interpreted as "citizen of the world."
HotelChatter - 2009
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He thanked Allen for the “chance to show that I’m a whole human being, something more than a long-term denizen of the dugout.”
Sound and Fury Dave Kindred 2006
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As used in this place (hamsaya) has exactly the force of our word denizen ... it is a point of honor for every man to protect his Humsauyehs ... one of the few quarrels I have heard of among the Dooraunees, originated in an injury offered to a Humsauyeh.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Fontevrault, but the bonds uniting the English nunneries to the mother-house were gradually loosened until from alien they became denizen, that is to say, practically independent.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Downey has called the denizen of 221B Baker Street an early superhero.
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