inhabitant
[in-hab-i-tuhnt]
- a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.
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Origin of inhabitant
Synonyms
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dweller, settler, colonist, inmate, occupant, citizen, lodger, incumbent, lessee, denizen, aborigine, renter, boarder, neighbor, squatter, householder, tenant, native, suburbanite, roomerExamples from the Web for inhabitants
Contemporary Examples
In Sierra Leone, the group reported less than 10 physicians per 100,000 inhabitants.
These goods were probably exchanged with Gedi inhabitants for animal skins and ivory.
Half a century ago, there were said to be 30 libraries and 20,000 inhabitants.
They moved out, leaving few original inhabitants, and after a 1957 earthquake, the village was completely devoid of inhabitants.
He foresees its thousand inhabitants as communicating with people in the outside world.
Historical Examples
We are not waging war against the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands.
We sought the inhabitants of the woods, but could discover none.
There are about eight hundred thousand inhabitants in the place.
But though the village was hidden from view, its inhabitants were not.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
I left this miserable but in admiration of the generosity of its inhabitants.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
inhabitant
- a person or animal that is a permanent resident of a particular place or region
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Word Origin and History for inhabitants
inhabitant
n.
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.
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