What does denizen mean?
Denizen means An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place..
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/ˈdɛn.ɪ.zən/ · noun
An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place..
The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
[…] adversity bends the heart as fire bends the stubborn steel, and those who are no longer their own governors, and the denizens of their own free independent state, must crouch before strangers.
The cries of the gorilla proclaimed that it was in mortal combat with some other denizen of the fierce wood. Suddenly these cries ceased, and the silence of death reigned throughout the jungle.
The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
He was well known to the sallow denizens of the lane; for such of them as were on the look-out to buy or sell, nodded, familiarly, as he passed along.
As a fan of West Ham United I’m always looking to legitimise my dislike of Chelsea FC. And on first viewing, this week’s jarring retro-Métro-racism seems like a good reason to condemn the denizens of Stamford Bridge.
1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, London, The xiiii yere, Then by commaundement wer all Fre[n]chemen and Scottes imprisoned and the goodes seazed, and all suche as were denizens were commaunded to shewe their letters patentes […]
A denizen is a kind of middle state, between an alien and a natural-born subject, and partakes of both.
Use denizen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Denizen means An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place..
Common synonyms include dweller, inhabitant, native, resident.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
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