(inhabitant)

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• inhabitant — inhabitant, denizen, resident, citizen are comparable when meaning one whose home or dwelling place is in a definite location. Inhabitant, the least specific word, implies nothing more than an abode in a given place {in 1940 the city had 243,718… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Inhabitant — In*hab it*ant, n. [L. inhabitans, antis, p. pr. of inhabitare.] [1913 Webster] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• inhabitant — I noun abider, addressee, boarder, citizen, cohabitant, denizen, dweller, habitant, habitator, homo, householder, incoia, indweller, inhabiter, inmate, lodger, native, occupant, occupier, permanent resident, resident, residentiary, settler,… …   Law dictionary

• inhabitant — (n.) early 15c., from Anglo Fr. inhabitant, from L. inhabitantem (nom. inhabitans), prp. of inhabitare (see INHABIT (Cf. inhabit)). Related: Inhabitants. As an adjective, also from early 15c …   Etymology dictionary

• inhabitant — [in hab′i tənt] n. [ME inhabitaunt < OFr inhabitant < L inhabitans, prp. of inhabitare] a person or animal that inhabits some specified region, dwelling, etc.; permanent resident …   English World dictionary

• inhabitant — [n] person who is resident of habitation aborigine, addressee, autochthon, boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, indweller, inmate, lessee, lodger, native, neighbor, occupant, occupier, renter, resider, roomer,… …   New thesaurus

• inhabitant — ► NOUN ▪ a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place …   English terms dictionary

• Inhabitant — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inhabitant >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inhabitant inhabitant Sgm: N 1 resident resident residentiary Sgm: N 1 dweller dweller indweller Sgm: N 1 addressee addressee Sgm: N 1 occupier occupier …   English dictionary for students

• inhabitant — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local ▪ early, first, original ▪ The island s earliest inhabitants came from India. ▪ aboriginal, indigenous …   Collocations dictionary

• inhabitant — 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

• inhabitant — 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