Meaning

• An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.

  "The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep."

• One who frequents a place.

  "The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort."

• A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.

  "Though born in Iceland, he became a denizen of Britain after leaving Oxford."

• An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.

  "The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state."

• A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language.

Meaning

• To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

  "He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country."

• To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.