denizen
pronunciation
How to pronounce denizen in British English:
UK [ˈdenɪzn]
How to pronounce denizen in American English:
US [ˈdɛnɪzən]
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- Noun:
- a person who inhabits a particular place
- a plant or animal naturalized in a region
Word Origin
- denizen
- denizen: [15] Etymologically, denizen means ‘someone who is inside’, and it is related to French dans ‘in’. It comes from Anglo-Norman deinzein, a derivative of Old French deinz ‘inside’. This had grown out of the Latin phrase dē intus, literally ‘from inside’. Hence denizen’s original meaning of someone who lives ‘in’ a country, as opposed to a foreigner. In the 16th and 17th centuries the verb denize existed, coined by back-formation from denizen; it meant roughly the same as modern English naturalize.
- denizen (n.)
- early 15c., from Anglo-French deinzein, from deinz "within, inside," from Late Latin deintus, from de- "from" + intus "within" (see ento-). Historically, an alien admitted to certain rights of citizenship; a naturalized citizen.
Example
- 1. That aged denizen of dye 's hole .
- 2. Samples from the dead whale ( pdf ) will ultimately tell what killed this denizen of the deep .
- 3. Dongjiang river is the main drinking source of hongkong , heyuan , huizhou , dongguan , shenzhen , guangzhou of guangdong province with over 40 million denizen .
- 4. The environment of the country means the environment of the country denizen live , it includes the environment of the village and the scape of the country , generalized it should include the environment of the agriculture .
- 5. Fish are denizen of the sea .