inhabiter

noun

Definition of inhabiternext
as in resident
one who lives permanently in a place he was the sole inhabiter of a 60-room mansion

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  1. resident
  2. occupant
  3. inhabitant
Noun
  • Air quality alerts can be accompanied by various calls to action depending on the specific concern, with residents sometimes being advised to avoid refueling their cars or being asked to avoid driving or carpool instead.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Tye Sheridan plays the newest addition to the sheriff’s office, a longtime local resident who grew up with a lot of the Order’s members.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of resident
Noun
  • Following a short chase, the van pulled off the road and its four occupants ran; police caught only one of them — Valdes.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement The other two occupants were their mother, Valencia Avilez, 24, and father, Marky Flores, 25.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of occupant
Noun
  • Within a few years Macondo was a village that was more orderly and hard working than any known until then by its three hundred inhabitants.
    Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
  • That decline is most visible through the emergence of scores of ghost towns and villages — locations with none or virtually nil inhabitants, deserted as local populations leave or die out.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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