| 单词 | denizen |
| 释义 | denizen[ den-uh-zuhn ] / ˈdɛn ə zən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR denizen ON THESAURUS.COM nounan inhabitant; resident. a person who regularly frequents a place; habitué: the denizens of a local bar. anything adapted to a new place, condition, etc., as an animal or plant not indigenous to a place but successfully naturalized. 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)to make a denizen of. Origin of denizenFirst recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English denisein, denesyn, from Anglo-French denzein, denszein “(the) one within,” equivalent to Anglo-French deinz, denz, dens (from Old French dedens, dedenz, adverb and preposition, “inside, on the inside”) + -ein, adjective suffix from Latin compound adjective suffix -āneus; see origin at dedans,-an,-eous OTHER WORDS FROM denizenden·i·za·tion, den·i·zen·a·tion, nounden·i·zen·ship, nounun·den·i·zened, adjectiveWords nearby denizenDenise, Denison, denitrate, denitrification, denitrify, denizen, Denmark, Denmark Strait, den mother, Dennie's line, Denning Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for denizenBritish Dictionary definitions for denizendenizen / (ˈdɛnɪzən) / nounan inhabitant; occupant; resident British an individual permanently resident in a foreign country where he enjoys certain rights of citizenship a plant or animal established in a place to which it is not native a naturalized foreign word verb(tr) to make a denizen Word Origin for denizenC15: from Anglo-French denisein, from Old French denzein, from denz within, from Latin de intus from within 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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