denizen

Meanings

Plural: denizens

Noun

a person who inhabits a particular place
a plant or animal naturalized in a region
- "denizens of field and forest"
- "denizens of the deep"
An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.
One who frequents a place.
A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language in terms of use, but not in terms of form.

Verb

To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant, native, regular, resident

Scrabble Score: 17

denizen is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
denizen is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
denizen is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

denizen is a valid Words With Friends word