inhabitant

Noun
US[in-hab-uh-tuhnt]/ɪnˈhæbətənt/4 syllablesalso [in-hab-ih-tuhnt] /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/
Synonyms: habitantdwellerdenizenindweller

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)inhabitants

  1. a person who inhabits a particular placeSynonyms: habitantdwellerdenizenindwellerType of actor, doerKinds American, resident, Northerner, villager, European, Occidental, westerner, Nazarene, Asian, Austronesian +19 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In·hab′it·ant noun

Origin: L. inhabitans, -antis, p. pr. of inhabitare.

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.” William Cowper

In this place, they report that they saw inhabitants which were very fair and fat people.— Abp. George Abbot

2. Law One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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