cliff dweller

noun

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

cliff dwelling noun

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1a