— denization, denizenation , n. — denizenship , n.
/den"euh zeuhn/ , n.
1. an inhabitant; resident.
2. a person who regularly frequents a place; habitué: the denizens of a local bar.
3. Brit. an alien admitted to residence and to certain rights of citizenship in a country.
4. anything adapted to a new place, condition, etc., as an animal or plant not indigenous to a place but successfully naturalized.
v.t.
5. to make a denizen of.
[ 1425-75; late ME denisein deinz within (OF; see DEDANS) + -ein -AN ]