Inhabitant \In*hab"it*ant\, n. [L. inhabitans, -antis, p. pr. of
inhabitare.]
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1. One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as
distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an
inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state.
"Frail inhabitants of earth." --Cowper.
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In this place, they report that they saw inhabitants
which were very fair and fat people. --Abp. Abbot.
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2. (Law) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or
parish; a permanent resident.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inhabitant
n : a person who inhabits a particular place [syn: dweller, denizen,
indweller]
WordNet (r) 2.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhabitant":
aborigine, addressee, artist-in-residence, autochthon, citizen,
citizenry, commonwealth, community, constituency,
cultural community, denizen, dweller, dwellers, folk,
general public, habitancy, habitant, house detective, incumbent,
indigene, inhabitants, inhabiter, inmate, inpatient, intern,
linguistic community, live-in maid, liver, locum tenens, nation,
native, occupant, occupier, people, people at large, populace,
population, public, residencer, resident, resident physician,
residentiary, resider, society, sojourner, speech community,
tenant, whole people
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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