denizen
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛn.ɪ.zən/
The English word “denizen” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.
- One who frequents a place.
- A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
- An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
- A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language in terms of use, but not in terms of form.
verb
- To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
- To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
Etymology
From Middle English denisein, from Old French denzein, from deinz (“within”) + -ein, from Late Latin dē intus (“from within”), whence French dans.
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