| Denizen 1. (n.) A dweller; an inhabitant; as, the denizens of a village. 2. (n.) One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen. 3. (n.) One admitted to residence in a foreign country. 4. (v. t.) To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges. 5. (v. t.) To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants. Thesaurus Entries addressee, artist-in-residence, citizen, colonize, dweller, empeople, frequenter, habitant, haunter, house detective, incumbent, inhabit, inhabitant, inhabiter, inmate, inpatient, intern, live-in maid, liver, locum tenens, national, occupant, occupier, people, plant, populate, residencer, resident, resident physician, residentiary, resider, settle, settle in, sojourner, subject, tenant |