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inhabitant

in-HAB-i-tuhnt/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/

Pluralinhabitants

3 meanings of inhabitant

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A person or animal that lives in a certain place.

    Like a fish living in a pond: the pond is its home.

    Every inhabitant of the small village knew the others by name.

    The island's inhabitants rely on fishing for most of their food.

    Similarresident, dweller

    Oppositevisitor

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Living in or making a home in a place.

    The inhabitant families of the valley farmed the same land for centuries.

    Local rules protect the inhabitant wildlife of the wetlands.

    Similarresident, local, native

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A value that belongs to a particular type in programming.

    To show that a type is not empty, you only need to find one inhabitant of it.

    The empty type has no inhabitants at all.

    Similarvalue, element

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Origin

It comes from Latin inhabitō, meaning "to inhabit," made from in- ("in") and habitō ("to dwell"). It came into English through Old French and Middle English.