inhabitant

inhabitant
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
One who inhabits
Nouns
1. inhabitant, habitant; resident, [in]dweller, roomer, occupier, occupant; householder, boarder, renter, lodger, tenant; inmate; incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, settler, colonist, squatter, nester; backwoodsman, islander; mountaineer; flatlander; denizen, citizen, burgher, burgess, townsman; villager, cottager; compatriot, fellow citizen. Informal, city slicker; sooner; hayseed. Slang, hick, rube. See location, abode.
2. native, indigene, aborigine; newcomer.
3. population, populace, public, people (see humanity); colony, settlement; household; garrison, crew.
Verbs — inhabit, be present (see presence); dwell, reside, sojourn, occupy, lodge; be or hail from; settle (see abode); squat; colonize, billet.
Adjectives — indigenous; native, natal; aboriginal, primitive; domestic, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated; domiciliary.
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(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. occupant, resident, dweller, denizen, settler, lodger, permanent resident, tenant, incumbent, roomer, boarder, renter, lessee, occupier, indweller, householder, addressee, inmate, squatter, settler, colonist, citizen, native; see also citizen , resident .
Ant. alien*, transient, nonresident.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
resident, occupant, lodger, tenant, renter, boarder, citizen, native, denizen.

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  • inhabitant — One who resides actually and permanently in a given place, and has his domicile there. Ex parte Shaw, 145 U.S. 444, 12 S.Ct. 935, 36 L.Ed. 768. The words inhabitant, citizen, and resident, as employed in different constitutions to define the… …   Black's law dictionary

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