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ə noun
1.
an inhabitant; resident.
2.
a person who regularly frequents a place; habitué: the denizens of a local bar.
3.
British. an alien admitted to residence and to certain rights of citizenship in a country.
4.
anything adapted to a new place, condition, etc., as an animal or plant not indigenous to a place but successfully naturalized.
verb (used with object)
5.
to make a denizen of.
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| —n | |
| 1. | an inhabitant; occupant; resident |
| 2. | (Brit) an individual permanently resident in a foreign country where he enjoys certain rights of citizenship |
| 3. | a plant or animal established in a place to which it is not native |
| 4. | a naturalized foreign word |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to make a denizen |
| [C15: from Anglo-French denisein, from Old French denzein, from denz within, from Latin de intus from within] | |
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Word Origin & History
denizen
1419, from Anglo-Fr. deinzein, from deinz "within, inside," from L.L. deintus, from de- "from" + intus "within."
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