cliff dweller

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Definition of cliff dweller

1 often capitalized C&D

a : a member of a prehistoric American Indian people of the southwestern U.S. 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

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