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inhabitant
Part of speech: NounOne who, or that which, occupies; a permanent resident.
Usage examples "inhabitant":- The sun was setting, and its rosy rays, blending with the snowy blue, had thrown a pale, pure violet far as the eye could see; the valleys were drowned in purple gloom, whilst the summits shone with unnatural brightness: and as I sat in the door of the tent, and watched the twilight change to darkness, the earth seemed to become less earthy and almost sublime; the world seemed dead, and I, its sole inhabitant. - "The Ascent of the Matterhorn", Edward Whymper.
- This, however, no more implies that their occupants were mere Celts than the use of a bungalow in India proves the inhabitant to be a native Indian. - "The Romanization of Roman Britain", F. Haverfield.
- Half a century ago it was reported in the Pacquet that the game in 1849 was played with all the vigour of former days, from times beyond 'the memory of the oldest inhabitant. - "Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland", Daniel Scott.