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.
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.
- conquer: Ten of the scouts return with a report strongly discouraging the Jewish nation from attempting to conquer the inhabitants of the land.
- 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
Browse dictionary entries near inhabitant
- ‹ inhabitancy
- ‹ inhabitable
- ‹ inhabit
- ‹ ingurgitate
- ‹ ingulf
- ‹ inguino-
- ‹ inguinal
- ‹ ingrowth
- ‹ ingrown
- ‹ ingrowing
- inhabitation ›
- inhabited ›
- inhalant ›
- inhalation ›
- inhalator ›
- inhale ›
- inhaler ›
- inharmonic ›
- inharmonious ›
- inharmoniously ›

