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Webster 1913 Edition

Inhabitant

In-hab′it-ant

,
Noun.
[L.
inhabitans
,
-antis
, p. pr. of
inhabitare
.]
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.
In this place, they report that they saw
inhabitants
which were very fair and fat people.
Abp. Abbot.
2.
(Law)
One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inhabitant

INHAB'ITANT

,
Noun.
A dweller; one who dwells or resides permanently in a place, or who has a fixed residence, as distinguished from an occasional lodger or visitor; as the inhabitant of a house or cottage; the inhabitants of a town, city, county or state. So brute animals are inhabitants of the regions to which their natures are adapted; and we speak of spiritual beings, as inhabitants of heaven.
1.
One who has a legal settlement in a town, city or parish. The conditions or qualifications which constitute a person an inhabitant of a town or parish, so as to subject the town or parish to support him, if a pauper, are defined by the statutes of different governments or states.

Definition 2024

inhabitant

inhabitant

English

Alternative forms

Noun

inhabitant ‎(plural inhabitants)

  1. someone or thing who lives in a place

Translations

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Latin

Verb

inhabitant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of inhabitō

Old French

Noun

inhabitant m ‎(oblique plural inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative singular inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative plural inhabitant)

  1. inhabitant

Descendants

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Etymology

Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitans, present participle of inhabito ‎(“to inhabit”), from in- ‎(“in”) + habitō ‎(“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō ‎(“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- ‎(“seize, take, hold, have”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈhæ.bɪ.tənt/
  • Hyphenation: in‧hab‧i‧tant

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