denizen
Dictionary
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."
- A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language.
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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