What it means
- (noun) An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in. “The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.”
- (noun) One who frequents a place. “The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.”
- (noun) 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.”
- (noun) An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat. “The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.”
- (noun) A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language.
- (verb) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize. “He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.”
- (verb) To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
Letter analysis
- Denizen contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 5 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
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Other 7-letter words
- abalone
- abandon
- abashed
- abashes
- abasing
- abating
- abbrevs
- abdomen
- abducts
- abetted
- abetter
- abettor
- abiding
- ability
- abjured
- abjures
- abolish
- aborted
Words starting with DEN
- den
- denature
- denatured
- denatures
- denaturing
- dendrite
- dendrites
- deniability
- denial
- denials
- denied
- denier
- deniers
- denies
- denigrate
- denigrated
- denigrates
- denigrating
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Words ending with ZEN
Common questions
What does Denizen mean?
An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
How many letters are in Denizen?
Denizen has 7 letters.
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