Inhabitant

  • 11inhabitant — One who resides actually and permanently in a given place, and has his domicile there. Ex parte Shaw, 145 U.S. 444, 12 S.Ct. 935, 36 L.Ed. 768. The words inhabitant, citizen, and resident, as employed in different constitutions to define the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 12inhabitant */*/ — UK [ɪnˈhæbɪtənt] / US [ɪnˈhæbɪt(ə)nt] noun [countable] Word forms inhabitant : singular inhabitant plural inhabitants a person or animal that lives in a particular place The city s first inhabitants arrived in the 16th century …

    English dictionary

  • 13inhabitant — noun Date: 15th century one that occupies a particular place regularly, routinely, or for a period of time < inhabitants of large cities > < the tapeworm is an inhabitant of the intestine > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14inhabitant — /in hab i teuhnt/, n. a person or animal that inhabits a place, esp. as a permanent resident. [1400 50; late ME < L inhabitant (s. of inhabitans) dwelling in. See INHABIT, ANT] Syn. dweller, denizen. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 15inhabitant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) One who inhabits Nouns 1. inhabitant, habitant; resident, [in]dweller, roomer, occupier, occupant; householder, boarder, renter, lodger, tenant; inmate; incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, settler,&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16inhabitant — 01. Antarctica s [inhabitants] number about 1,000 people in winter, and about 2,000 in summer. 02. There are no rivers or lakes on the islands of Bermuda, so the [inhabitants] must use rain for water. 03. In our universe, there are thousands of&#8230; …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 17inhabitant — noun /ɪnˈhæ.bɪ.tənt/ Someone or thing who lives in a place. See Also: inhabit …

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  • 18inhabitant — Synonyms and related words: aborigine, addressee, artist in residence, autochthon, citizen, citizenry, commonwealth, community, constituency, cultural community, denizen, dweller, dwellers, folk, general public, habitancy, habitant, house&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 19inhabitant — in|hab|i|tant [ınˈhæbıtənt] n one of the people who live in a particular place ▪ a city of six million inhabitants …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20inhabitant — in|hab|i|tant [ ın hæbıtnt ] noun count ** a person or animal that lives in a particular place: The city s first inhabitants arrived in the 16th century …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English