inhabitant

[in-hab-i-tuhnt]

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noun

a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.

Origin of inhabitant

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin inhabitant- (stem of inhabitāns) dwelling in. See inhabit, -ant

Related formspre·in·hab·it·ant, noun

Synonyms for inhabitant

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dweller, denizen.

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Related Words for inhabitants

dweller, settler, colonist, inmate, occupant, citizen, lodger, incumbent, lessee, denizen, aborigine, renter, boarder, neighbor, squatter, householder, tenant, native, suburbanite, roomer

Examples from the Web for inhabitants

Contemporary Examples of inhabitants

In Sierra Leone, the group reported less than 10 physicians per 100,000 inhabitants.
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These goods were probably exchanged with Gedi inhabitants for animal skins and ivory.
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Half a century ago, there were said to be 30 libraries and 20,000 inhabitants.
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They moved out, leaving few original inhabitants, and after a 1957 earthquake, the village was completely devoid of inhabitants.
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He foresees its thousand inhabitants as communicating with people in the outside world.
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Historical Examples of inhabitants

We are not waging war against the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches
Various
We sought the inhabitants of the woods, but could discover none.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
Thomas Mitchell
There are about eight hundred thousand inhabitants in the place.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870
Various
But though the village was hidden from view, its inhabitants were not.
The Leopard Woman
Stewart Edward White
I left this miserable but in admiration of the generosity of its inhabitants.
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Maria Edgeworth

British Dictionary definitions for inhabitants

inhabitant

noun

a person or animal that is a permanent resident of a particular place or region

Derived Formsinhabitancy or inhabitance, noun

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Word Origin and History for inhabitants

inhabitant

early 15c., from Anglo-French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitantem (nominative inhabitans), present participle of inhabitare (see inhabit). Related: Inhabitants. As an adjective, also from early 15c.