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The definition of a denizen is a person who inhabits or is a resident of a particular place, or a plant or animal that has become naturalized.

(noun)

When someone lives in a particular town, he is an example of a denizen of that town.
When a bird becomes naturalized to a certain geographic area, this is an example of the bird being a denizen.

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See denizen in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. an inhabitant or occupant
2. a frequenter of a particular place
Brit. an alien granted specified rights of citizenship
an animal, plant, foreign word, etc. that has become naturalized

Origin: ME denisein < Anglo-Fr deinzein < OFr, native inhabitant < denz, within < LL de-intus < L de intus, from within

transitive verb

Brit. to naturalize

See denizen in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An inhabitant; a resident: denizens of Monte Carlo.
One that frequents a particular place: a bar and its denizens.
Ecology An animal or a plant naturalized in a region.
Chiefly British A foreigner who is granted rights of residence and sometimes of citizenship.

transitive verb den·i·zened, den·i·zen·ing, den·i·zens
Chiefly British

To make a denizen of; grant rights of residence to.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English denisein

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman denzein

Origin: , from deinz, within

Origin: , from Late Latin deintus, from within; see dedans

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denˌi·zen·aˈtion noun

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