a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.
Origin
1400-50;late Middle English < Latininhabitant- (stem of inhabitāns) dwelling in. See inhabit, -ant
Related forms
preinhabitant, noun
Synonyms
dweller, denizen.
Examples from the web for inhabitant
No wonder there is a tension between habitat and inhabitant.
The only difference is whether your inhabitant is beneficial or not.
Expand the cuts so that the conventional taxes will turn into inhabitant taxes.
Try to imagine the present inhabitant of that office being left so far out of the loop.
It is a world: a fascinating planet with a single inhabitant who is also its creator.
It showed the soldier in the tank and the inhabitant of the house emerging and shaking hands.
The team then sorted through their habitat cubes, coaxing out every inhabitant, down to a size of about a millimeter.
Few envy the consideration enjoyed by the oldest inhabitant.
The path each group is going to take will affect every human inhabitant of the future.
The demon of reform has a secret door into the heart of every lawmaker, of every inhabitant of every city.
British Dictionary definitions for inhabitant
inhabitant
/ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/
noun
1.
a person or animal that is a permanent resident of a particular place or region
Derived Forms
inhabitancy, inhabitance, noun
Word Origin and History for inhabitant
n.
early 15c., from Anglo-French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitantem (nominative inhabitans), present participle of inhabitare (see inhabit). Related: Inhabitants. As an adjective, also from early 15c.