Synonyms for inhabitants

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-hab-i-tuhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈhæb ɪ tənt

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Définition of inhabitants

Origin : 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.

noun person who is resident of habitation

Example sentences :

We are not waging war against the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

We sought the inhabitants of the woods, but could discover none.
Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell

There are about eight hundred thousand inhabitants in the place.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various

But though the village was hidden from view, its inhabitants were not.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

I left this miserable but in admiration of the generosity of its inhabitants.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The inhabitants all felt this, and King Pluto more than any of them.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

At first, as was only natural, the inhabitants could not realize the annexation.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Half of its inhabitants have remained faithful to the faith of their ancestors.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

The inhabitants that returned were very submissive, and thankful for what they received.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

As the fathers had done before them, so did its inhabitants at the time of my visit.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

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