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denizen

[ den-uh-zuhn ]

noun

  1. an inhabitant; resident.
  2. a person who regularly frequents a place; 󲹲ٳé:

    the denizens of a local bar.

  3. anything adapted to a new place, condition, etc., such as an animal or plant not indigenous to a place but successfully naturalized.
  4. British Law. an alien admitted to residence and to certain rights of citizenship in a country: this legal designation has been obsolete since the first half of the 20th century.


verb (used with object)

  1. Chiefly British. to admit (an alien) to residence and certain rights of citizenship in a country.

denizen

/ ˈɛɪə /

noun

  1. an inhabitant; occupant; resident
  2. an individual permanently resident in a foreign country where he enjoys certain rights of citizenship
  3. a plant or animal established in a place to which it is not native
  4. a naturalized foreign word
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make a denizen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ···پDz [den-, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n], ····پDz [den-, uh, -z, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ···󾱱 noun
  • ܲ···Ա adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of denizen1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English denesyn, denisein, from Anglo-French denzein, denszein “(the) one within,” from deinz, dens, denz “inside, on the inside” (from Old French dedens, dedenz; dedans ) + -ein, adjective suffix (from Latin -Աܲ; -an, -eous ( def ) )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of denizen1

C15: from Anglo-French denisein, from Old French denzein, from denz within, from Latin de intus from within
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The ghostly fun doesn’t stop there, although the house affects each of its denizens differently.

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And the dialogue is largely functional, Burnett never building to some grand thesis, refusing to reduce Watts to inner-city clichés or its denizens to doe-eyed saints.

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Besides being overtaken by moss, ivy and ferns, Seattle’s surviving denizens have evolved from passive-aggressive to plain old aggressive.

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Written by Samy Burch, the film follows the travails of the desert denizen who is tired of being slammed with Acme products as he tries to outsmart the Roadrunner.

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Finding the right tone behind the judges’ table — firm yet supportive, kind yet realistic — has been a process for this denizen of nice-and-smiley Nashville.

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