inhabitant
noun
in·hab·i·tant
in-ˈha-bə-tənt 
: 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
Examples of inhabitant in a Sentence
the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists
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Assembled at Port-La Nouvelle and towed 16 km offshore, the turbines now stand ready for the final stage of cable and grid connection works done by RTE, before starting to deliver clean energy to approximately 50,000 inhabitants each year.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Moreover, the conflict between the different inhabitants of the same Italian homeland is legible as the first of a long series of Roman civil wars.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Its appearance and condition reflects the actions of the worlds’ inhabitants.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Elversburg are a tiny club from a town of 14,000 inhabitants in Germany’s south west, who were playing at Regionalliga level (fourth tier) as recently as 2022.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Moreover, the conflict between the different inhabitants of the same Italian homeland is legible as the first of a long series of Roman civil wars.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Its appearance and condition reflects the actions of the worlds’ inhabitants.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Elversburg are a tiny club from a town of 14,000 inhabitants in Germany’s south west, who were playing at Regionalliga level (fourth tier) as recently as 2022.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inhabitant
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“Inhabitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inhabitant. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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