DENIZEN

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.

2.
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.

3.
n.

One admitted to residence in a foreign country. Ye gods, Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. Dryden.

4.
v.

To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges. As soon as denizened, they domineer. Dryden.

5.
v.

To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants. There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. J. D. Hooker.

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