inhabitant
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- inhabitancy noun
- preinhabitant noun
Etymology
Origin of inhabitant
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin inhabitant- (stem of inhabitāns ) dwelling in. See inhabit, -ant
Example Sentences
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A military-run census last year admitted it could not collect data from an estimated 19 million of the country's 50 million-odd inhabitants, citing "security constraints".
From Barron's
Later, as mayor, he was credited with building bridges, tunnels, and other infrastructure to ease congestion in the city of over a million inhabitants.
From Barron's
Fans last saw the inhabitants of Hawkins in a perilous place as season five opened, with Demogorgons running rampant, along with the monstrous Vecna.
From BBC
Handa's last human inhabitants left in the 19th Century, leaving the island to its tens of thousands of seabirds such as puffins, guillemots and razorbills.
From BBC
Greenland is bigger than Alaska, mostly covered by ice and home to about 57,000 inhabitants.
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