# denizen

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɛn.ɪ.zən/ · frequency rank #79,448

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/denizen