Dweller
['dwɛlɚ]
Definition
(n.) An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller.
Edited by Debra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Inhabitant, inhabiter, resident, citizen.
Typed by Edmund
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DWELL_and_DENIZEN]
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Examples
- My wife was on a visit to her mother's, and for a few days I was a dweller once more in my old quarters at Baker Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The stateliness of look which had been almost too marked for a dweller in a country domicile had at last found an artistically happy background. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- When the lake dwellers sowed their little patches of wheat in Switzerland, they were already following the immemorial practice of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Our empty habitations remained, but the dwellers were gathered to the shades of the tomb. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We have some idea how the ancients looked and felt and wrote; the abundant evidence takes us back to the cave-dwellers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The great apes are forest dwellers; their walking even now is incidental; they are at their happiest among trees. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The lake-dwellers, on the other hand, had, in addition to the dog, which was of a medium-sized breed, oxen, goats, and sheep. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And we alone--we three-- alone--alone--sole dwellers on the sea and on the earth, we three must perish! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Dwellers in cold climates must constantly eat large quantities of fatty foods if they are to keep their bodies warm and survive the extreme cold. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He had that sense of peace, and of being lightened of a weight of care, which country quiet awakens in the breasts of dwellers in towns. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Swiss pile-dwellers, on the contrary, seem to have lived in practically self-contained villages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Montague