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INHABITANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who inhabits a particular place
Synonyms:
denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("inhabitant" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inhabitant"):
westerner (an inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S.)
villager (one who has lived in a village most of their life)
Trinidadian (inhabitant or native of Trinidad)
earthling; earthman; tellurian; worldling (an inhabitant of the earth)
occupant; occupier; resident (someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there)
plainsman (an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America))
Phrygian (a native or inhabitant of Phrygia)
Philistine (a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC)
Occidental (a native inhabitant of the Occident)
Numidian (an inhabitant of ancient Numidia)
Northerner (an inhabitant of the North)
Nazarene (an inhabitant of Nazareth)
marcher (an inhabitant of a border district)
liver (someone who lives in a place)
Latin (an inhabitant of ancient Latium)
landlubber; landman; landsman (a person who lives and works on land)
island-dweller; islander (an inhabitant of an island)
Hittite (a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC)
Galilaean; Galilean (an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ))
easterner (an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S.)
cottage dweller; cottager (someone who lives in a cottage)
borderer (an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England))
Alsatian (a native or inhabitant of Alsace)
American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
American (a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country)
Kiwi; New Zealander (a native or inhabitant of New Zealand)
Austronesian (a native or inhabitant of Austronesia)
Aussie; Australian (a native or inhabitant of Australia)
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Derivation:
inhabit (be an inhabitant of or reside in)
Context examples:
With all the chances against her of house, hall, place, park, court, and cottage, Northanger turned up an abbey, and she was to be its inhabitant.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Elizabeth smiled at the recollection of all that she had heard of its inhabitants.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Sir John was delighted; for to a man, whose prevailing anxiety was the dread of being alone, the acquisition of two, to the number of inhabitants in London, was something.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It became a sort of boys' paradise, and Laurie suggested that it should be called the 'Bhaer-garten', as a compliment to its master and appropriate to its inhabitants.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
She had tears for every room in the house, much more for every beloved inhabitant.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Denotes the inhabitants of Egypt, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Egyptian, NCI Thesaurus)
Denotes the inhabitants of Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea), a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Cambodian, NCI Thesaurus)
Denotes the inhabitants of the Caroline Islands, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Carolinian, NCI Thesaurus)
The nearest of these was the hamlet of Tredannick Wollas, where the cottages of a couple of hundred inhabitants clustered round an ancient, moss-grown church.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Denotes the inhabitants of Botswana, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Botswanan, NCI Thesaurus)
