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noun
- 1. a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place.
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INHABITANT definition: 1. a person or animal that lives in a particular place: 2. a person or animal that lives in a…. Learn more.
a person or animal that lives in a particular place: a city of five million inhabitants. Synonyms. denizen literary. city, town, cave, etc. dweller. Fewer examples. The Aborigines are the native inhabitants of Australia. The city of Ely has about 10,000 inhabitants. Many of the immigrants have intermarried with the island's original inhabitants.
: one that occupies a particular place regularly, routinely, or for a period of time. inhabitants of large cities. the tapeworm is an inhabitant of the intestine. Synonyms. denizen. dweller. habitant. inhabiter. occupant. resident. resider. tenant. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of inhabitant in a Sentence.
Someone who usually lives in a specific place — whether it's a mansion, a cave, or a beach house — is its inhabitant. The old man who lives in the scary house down the street is its inhabitant, and the skunk that built a nest under your porch is — unfortunately — an inhabitant of your front yard.
Inhabitant definition: a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.. See examples of INHABITANT used in a sentence.
inhabitant in British English. (ɪnˈhæbɪtənt ) noun. a person or animal that is a permanent resident of a particular place or region. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. inhabitancy (inˈhabitancy) or inhabitance (inˈhabitance) noun.
Inhabitant definition: One that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.
Define inhabitant. inhabitant synonyms, inhabitant pronunciation, inhabitant translation, English dictionary definition of inhabitant. n. One that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident: the inhabitants of a fishing village; snakes, lizards, and other inhabitants of the...
Definition of inhabitant noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
uk / ɪnˈhæbɪt ə nt / us. Add to word list Add to word list. B2. someone who lives in a particular place: a city with 10 million inhabitants. (Definition of inhabitant from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
