Definizione monolingua

denizen

denizen (third-person singular simple present denizens, present participle denizening, simple past and past participle denizened)

1. (transitive, UK) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

   He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.

denizen (plural denizens)

1. An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.

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

   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6

     The cries of the gorilla proclaimed that it was in mortal combat with some other denizen of the fierce wood. Suddenly these cries ceased, and the silence of death reigned throughout the jungle.

2. One who frequents a place.

   The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.

3. (Commonwealth of Nations, obsolete) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
   • 1765, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book 1, Chapter X, p. 374

     A denizen is a kind of middle state, between an alien and a natural-born subject, and partakes of both.

   Though born in Iceland, he became a denizen of Britain after leaving Oxford.

4. (biology) 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.

Definizione dizionario denizen

abitante

Altri significati:

(transitive, UK) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.

an inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in

one who frequents a place

(UK) A citizen naturalized through letters patent.

local flora and fauna

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

One who frequents a place.