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inhabitant Definition

in·hab·it·ant (in hab′i tənt)

noun

a person or animal that inhabits some specified region, dwelling, etc.; permanent resident

Etymology: ME inhabitaunt < OFr inhabitant < L inhabitans, prp. of inhabitare

inhabitant Synonyms

inhabitant

n.

occupant, resident, dweller, denizen, settler, lodger, permanent resident, tenant, incumbent, roomer, boarder, renter, lessee, occupier, indweller, householder, addressee, inmate, squatter, settler, colonist, citizen, native; see also citizen, resident.

Antonyms alien*, transient*, nonresident.

inhabitant Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • burgh: Numbers of inhabitants of the burgh still hovered about the scene of the catastrophe and the utmost gloom and sadness prevailed everywhere.
  • parish: In 1890 old inhabitants of the parish remembered hearing of a gallery once stretching across the nave.
  • island: And what will become of Prospero, his daughter and the inhabitants of the island?
  • earth: You need never worry about their intentions because they are good people and would never hurt the inhabitants of earth.
  • township: Inhabitants of the township were involved in farming, domestic cloth production, and coal mining from an early period.
  • planet: One of the local inhabitants of the planet tells them that the Doctor saved them.

Possessives

  • island: The team will be looking for remnants of the island's original inhabitants.

Converse of object

  • contain: Cumwhitton township has a small villages seven miles S. by W. of Brampton, and contains 242 inhabitants.
  • expel: Ultimately Ben Gurion expelled the inhabitants of 530 towns and villages and confiscated their land and property.
  • punish: It was from here that he led an attack on Hereford, to punish the inhabitants for the support they had given Stephen.
  • kill: On 1 October 1944 an SS battalion had, in retaliation for Italian partisan resistance, killed 1,830 inhabitants of this small village.

Adjective modifier

  • indigenous: They respected and worked with the indigenous inhabitants who were the American Indians.
  • principal: The Mayor, followed by the Gentlemen, Clergy and several hundreds of the principal inhabitants, all in order on horseback.
  • original: The team will be looking for remnants of the island's original inhabitants.
  • former: The wealth of former inhabitants can be seen in the array of wonderful mosaics left behind.
  • ancient: It is said that this was the height of the ancient inhabitants.
  • Celtic: The Gauls were the Celtic inhabitants of what is now France, and which was known as Gallia to the Romans.

Noun used with modifier

  • aquarium: These fish are both notable for their large dorsal fins, and are generally peaceful aquarium inhabitants.
  • dozen: Luxury ski lodges provide accommodation for up to two dozen inhabitants in very restful bedrooms, both with private en-suite bath and loo.
inhabitant Quotes

   You cannot be absolutely dumb when you live with a person unless you are an inhabitant of the North of England or the State of Maine.

—Ford, Ford Madox originally Ford Hermann Hueffer

The inscrutability of the East is, indeed, I believe a myth† The ordinary inhabitant is incomprehensible merely to people who never trouble to have anything much to do with them.

—Stark, Dame Freya Madeleine