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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inhabitant \In*hab"it*ant\, n. [L. inhabitans, -antis, p. pr of
inhabitare.]
1. One who dwells or resides permanently in a place as
distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as an
inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state.
``Frail inhabitants of earth.'' --Cowper.
In this place they report that they saw inhabitants
which were very fair and fat people. --Abp. Abbot.
2. (Law) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or
parish; a permanent resident.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inhabitant
n : a person who lives in a particular place [syn: {dweller}, {denizen}]
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