DENIZEN
denizen
Noun
- An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
- The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
- One who frequents a place.
- The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
- A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
- Though born in Iceland, he became a denizen of Britain after leaving Oxford.
- An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
- The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.
Verb
- To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
- He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.
- To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
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