单词 | denizen |
释义 | denizen —denization, denizenation, n. —denizenship, n. /den"euh zeuhn/, n. 1. an inhabitant; resident. 2. a person who regularly frequents a place; habitué: the denizens of a local bar. 3. Brit. an alien admitted to residence and to certain rights of citizenship in a country. 4. anything adapted to a new place, condition, etc., as an animal or plant not indigenous to a place but successfully naturalized. v.t. 5. to make a denizen of. [1425-75; late ME denisein < AF, equiv. to deinz within (OF; see DEDANS) + -ein -AN] |
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