1. a person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place: "denizens of field and forest"
▪ a foreigner allowed certain rights in their adopted country.
Word Originlate Middle Englishdeynseyn, via Anglo-Norman French from Old French deinz ‘within’ (from Latin de ‘from’ + intus ‘within’) + -ein (from Latin -aneus ‘-aneous’). The change in the form of the word was due to association with citizen.