Word Definition

Denizen

  1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.
  2. One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.
  3. A dweller; an inhabitant.
  4. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
  5. One admitted to residence in a foreign country.

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