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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024den•i•zen /ˈdɛnəzən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an inhabitant;
resident:the denizens of the inner cities.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024den•i•zen (den′ə zən),USA pronunciation n. - an inhabitant;
resident. - a person who regularly frequents a place;
habitué:the denizens of a local bar. - Government[Brit.]an alien admitted to residence and to certain rights of citizenship in a country.
- anything adapted to a new place, condition, etc., as an animal or plant not indigenous to a place but successfully naturalized.
v.t. - to make a denizen of.
- Anglo-French, equivalent. to deinz within (Old French; see dedans) + -ein -an
- late Middle English denisein 1425–75
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