denizen
English
/ˈdɛn.ɪ.zən/
noun
Definitions
- An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
- One who frequents a place.
- (British) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
- (biology) An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
- A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English denisein borrowed from Old French denzein, deinz (within) derived from Latin deintus.
Origin
Latin
deintus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- denizenation English
- denizenship English
- endenizen English
- de Latin
- deintus Latin
- in Latin
- dans French
- denisein Middle English
- deinz Old French
- denzein Old French
- dan Mauritian Creole
- dan le bezwin Mauritian Creole