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denizen

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Noun

  1. An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.
  2. One who frequents a place.
  3. 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. To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
  2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.

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