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noun
An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: inhabitant, dweller, resident, denizen
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person who inhabits a particular place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: inhabitant, habitant, denizen, indweller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: Asian, Asiatic, European, Australian, Aussie, Austronesian, New Zealander, Kiwi, American, Alsatian, borderer, cottager, cottage dweller, easterner, Galilean, Galilaean, Hittite, islander, island-dweller, landlubber, landsman, landman, Latin, liver, marcher, Nazarene, Northerner, Numidian, Occidental, Philistine, Phrygian, plainsman, resident, occupant, occupier, tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling, Trinidadian, villager, westerner
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dhwel-der. Proto-Germanic *dwalaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan Old English dwellan ▲ Old Norse dveljainflu. Middle English dwellen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English dweller English dweller From Middle English dweller, equivalent to dwell + -er.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
