denizen

  1. Noun.  An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
  2. Noun.  One who frequents a place.
  3. Noun.  (Commonwealth, obsolete) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
  4. Noun.  (biology) Used to describe the range or habitat of an animal or plant.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, British) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

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