DENIZEN

denizen

Noun

  1. An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
    The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
  2. One who frequents a place.
    The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
  3. 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.
  4. An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
    The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.

Verb

  1. To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
    He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.
  2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.


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