denizen

Noun

1. An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.
2. One who frequents a place.
3. (British, historical) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
4. An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
5. A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language in terms of use, but not in terms of form.

Verb

1. (British, historical, transitive) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
2. (transitive) To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛn.ɪ.zən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: denisein

Cognate with French: dans

In summary

From Middle English denisein, from Old French denzein, from deinz (“within”) + -ein, from Late Latin dē intus (“from within”), whence French dans.

Synonyms

inhabitant

indweller

resident

citizen

dweller

habitant

denizer

patron

regular

tenant

permanent resident

national

liver

burgher

frequenter

habitue

inmate

burgess

lodger