as in resident
one who lives permanently in a place
the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists
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Recent Examples of inhabitant
Like Julius Caesar, Aeneas arrives on Italian soil with an army, and makes war on the native inhabitants—his own future countrymen.
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Literary Hub, 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
Whereas applying sovereignty to territory with Palestinian inhabitants could obligate Israel to provide citizenship or residency status to the roughly 3 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Winds continuously filtered downhill from all sides carrying any scent to the valley’s inhabitants.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 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
Whereas applying sovereignty to territory with Palestinian inhabitants could obligate Israel to provide citizenship or residency status to the roughly 3 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Winds continuously filtered downhill from all sides carrying any scent to the valley’s inhabitants.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabitant
Noun
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Police are asking residents to call 305-474-6473 to report sightings of stray or aggressive dogs.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Georgia Marcum, 21, a resident of The Cliffs and a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville student was home when the shooting began and was evacuated by police.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Seating is marketed for five, but three second-row occupants are transported intimately.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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The four other occupants of the vehicle sustained nonfatal injuries and were treated on scene and at local hospitals, according to police.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Inhabitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitant. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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