Denizens

noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounAn inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.

"The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep."

2.nounOne who frequents a place.

"The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort."

3.nounA 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.nounAn animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.

"The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state."

5.nounA foreign word that has become naturalised in another language.

6.verbTo grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

"He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country."

7.verbTo provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.