1. An inhabitant; a resident: denizens of Monte Carlo.2. One that frequents a particular place: a bar and its denizens.3.Ecology An animal or a plant naturalized in a region. 4.Chiefly British A foreigner who is granted rights of residence and sometimes of citizenship.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: den·i·zened, den·i·zen·ing, den·i·zens Chiefly British To make a denizen of; grant rights of residence to.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English denisein, from Anglo-Norman denzein, from deinz, within, from Late Latin deintus, from within. See dedans.
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