Inhabitant
[ɪn'hæbɪt(ə)nt] or [ɪn'hæbɪtənt]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dweller, resident, citizen.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Occupant, tenant, resident, native, inmate
ANT:Stranger, traveler, foreigner, visitor, intruder
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A native of any village, town or city. OLDEST INHABITANT,The Champion Liar."
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Examples
- Under date of February 12, he writes: This day has been memorable in the annals of Valdivia for the most severe earthquake experienced by the oldes t inhabitant. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was not, as the other traveller seemed to be, a savage inhabitant of some undiscovered island, but an European. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The thought was fleeting; for his attention was instantly drawn towards the inhabitant of this wretched abode. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This surplus rent is the price which the inhabitant of the house pays for some real or supposed advantage of the situation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the first place, though she held the town, was she sure of the principal inhabitant? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It set on a world that contained me alone for its inhabitant. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She had tears for every room in the house, much more for every beloved inhabitant. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Whether the tax was to be advanced by the inhabitant or by the owner of the ground, would be of little importance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It drinks the dark blood of the inhabitant of the south, but it never feasts on the pale-faced Celt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And it would be incredible to an inhabitant of cities, to one among a busy throng, to what extent we succeeded. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Repeated depredations on the frontiers had exasperated the inhabitants to such a degree, that they determined on revenge upon every Indian. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Caliphronas turned pale, for he knew that Justinian was absolute ruler of Melnos, while he was thoroughly well hated by the inhabitants, one and all. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- To anybody acquainted with the inhabitants of Egdon Heath the image would have suggested Eustacia Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The figures are the number of typhoid deaths occurring yearly out of 100,000 inhabitants. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Medina was a comparatively well-watered town, and possessed abundant date groves; its inhabitants were Yemenites, from the fertile land to the south. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Wandering savages or the inhabitants of open plains rarely possess more than one breed of the same species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But the revenue of all the inhabitants of the country is necessarily in proportion to the value of the annual produce of their land and labour. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You will find all the inhabitants extremely courteous and friendly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The atmosphere of those Fairy palaces was like the breath of the simoom: and their inhabitants, wasting with heat, toiled languidly in the desert. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He shewed how England had become powerful, and its inhabitants valiant and wise, by means of the freedom they enjoyed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They do not produce enough to maintain their inhabitants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You are such a perfect stranger in the house, that you are puzzled by my familiar references to the worthy inhabitants. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Dutch settlement here formed gradually grew into a town called New Amsterdam, which in 1648 had 1,000 inhabitants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And now, the sea, late our defence, seems our prison bound; hemmed in by its gulphs, we shall die like the famished inhabitants of a besieged town. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Why, it was no larger than an American village of four thousand inhabitants, and no larger than an ordinary Syrian city of thirty thousand. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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