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   denizen

   /ˈdɛnɪz(ə)n/

   noun

   • 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 Origin late 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.

   Derivatives

   • 1. denizenship noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • Z

     10

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

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