cliff dweller
cliff dweller
nounDefinition of CLIFF DWELLER
1
often capitalized C&D a : a member of a prehistoric American Indian people of the southwestern United States who built their homes on rock ledges or in the natural recesses of canyon walls and cliffs b : a member of any cliff-dwelling people
2
: a resident of a large usually metropolitan apartment building
— cliff dwelling noun
First Known Use of CLIFF DWELLER
1881
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