denizen
An inhabitant of a placeAn inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.
» Tom is a denizen of the Internet.
Meaning
5 sensesAn inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.
The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
Bewohner, Bewohnerin
жи́тельžítelʹ, жи́тельницаžítelʹnica, обита́тельobitátelʹ
a person who inhabits a particular place
One who frequents a place.
The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
Stammgast, Stammgästin
завсегда́тайzavsegdátaj
(UK, historical)A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
Though born in Iceland, he became a denizen of Britain after leaving Oxford.
teilweise eingebürgerter Ausländer
An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.
a plant or animal naturalized in a region
A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language in terms of use, but not in terms of form.
Bewohner
Examples
2 sentencesTom is a denizen of the Internet.
Elsewhere we watch large ocean predators and tiny denizens of the sea like the strangely alien nudibranch and Christmas tree worms.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English denisein, from Old French denzein, from deinz (“within”) + -ein, fromFrom Middle English denisein, from Old French denzein, from deinz (“within”) + -ein, from Late Latin dē intus (“from within”), whence French dans.
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Forms
plural: denizensSynonyms
9 synonyms- a person who inhabits a particular place:inhabitanthabitantdwellerindweller