inhabitant

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a person who inhabits a particular place

Etymology

From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant.

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Synonyms

habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller

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