denizen

1 someone who regularly spends time in a particular place one of those muscle-bound denizens of the gym Synonyms familiar, frequenter, habitué (also habitue), haunter, rat, regular Related Words client, customer, guest, patron; addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, freak, lover, maniac, nut

2 one who lives permanently in a place the polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic Synonyms inhabitant, dweller, habitant, inhabiter, occupant, resident, resider, tenantRelated Words cohabitant, coresident; aborigine, native; citizen, national, subject; colonist, émigré (also emigré), migrant, newcomer, settler; burgher, local, localite, townee [chiefly British], townie (or towny), townsman, villagerNear Antonyms alien, foreigner, nonresident; guest, tourist, visitor; defector, emigrant, escaper, evacuee, exile, expatriate, refugeeAntonyms transient