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Webster 1913 Edition

Denizen

Den′i-zen

(dĕn′ĭ-z’n)
,
Noun.
[OF.
denzein
,
deinzein
, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to
forain
foreign, and fr.
denz
within, F.
dans
, fr. L.
de intus
, prop., from within,
intus
being from
in
in. See
In
, and cf.
Foreign
.]
1.
A dweller; an inhabitant.
“Denizens of air.”
Pope.
Denizens
of their own free, independent state.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.
3.
One admitted to residence in a foreign country.
Ye gods,
Natives, or
denizens
, of blest abodes.
Dryden.

Den′i-zen

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.
As soon as
denizened
, they domineer.
Dryden.
2.
To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
There [islets] were at once
denizened
by various weeds.
J. D. Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Denizen

DENIZEN

,
Noun.
1.
In England, an alien who is made a subject by the kings letters patent, holding a middle state between an alien and a natural born subject. He may take land by purchase or devise, which an alien cannot; but he cannot take by inheritance.
2.
A stranger admitted to residence and certain rights in a foreign country.
Ye gods,
Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes.
3.
A citizen.

DENIZEN

,
Verb.
T.
To make a denizen; to admit to residence with certain rights and privileges; to infranchise.

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