'Inhabitant' definitions:
Definition of 'inhabitant'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Inhabitant'
From: GCIDE
- 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 state. "Frail inhabitants of earth." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- In this place, they report that they saw inhabitants which were very fair and fat people. --Abp. Abbot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inhabitant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aborigine,
- addressee,
- artist-in-residence,
- autochthon,
- citizen,
- citizenry,
- commonwealth,
- community,
- constituency,
- cultural community,
- denizen,
- dweller,
- dwellers,
- folk,
- general public,
- habitancy,
- habitant,
- house detective,
- incumbent,
- indigene,
- inhabitants,
- inhabiter,
- inmate,
- inpatient,
- intern,
- linguistic community,
- live-in maid,
- liver,
- locum tenens,
- nation,
- native,
- occupant,
- occupier,
- people,
- people at large,
- populace,
- population,
- public,
- residencer,
- resident,
- resident physician,
- residentiary,
- resider,
- society,
- sojourner,
- speech community,
- tenant,
- whole people