den·i·zen /ˈdɛnəzən/
居民,外籍居民,外來語(vt.)給…居住權,移植
Den·i·zen n.
1. A dweller; an inhabitant. “Denizens of air.”
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, v. 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.
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denizen
n 1: a person who inhabits a particular place [syn: inhabitant,
dweller, indweller]
2: a plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of
field and forest"; "denizens of the deep"