inmate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
noun a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
noun a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

From inn + -mate, or from in- + -mate.

The doors were wide, the inmates gone. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
All the inmates of the farm watched his departure. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
The inmates of The Woodlands were fond of jam. — For the Sake of the School, Angela Brazil

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