Synonyms for inmate

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-meyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪnˌmeɪt

Définition of inmate

Origin : 1580s, "one allowed to live in a house rented by another" (usually for a consideration), from in "inside" + mate "companion." Sense of "one confined to an institution" is first attested 1834.

noun patient

Example sentences :

And to interfere with the inmate of a harem is just about impossible.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Her name was Lucie Druon, and she was an inmate of an orphan asylum.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

May peace be an inmate of his bosom, and rapture a frequent visitor of his soul!
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

It sounded as though the inmate had knocked over the table and chairs.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

If it keeps up tomorrow night we could rescue every inmate in the sanitarium.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

Grief is not an inmate of the plain; the hours of the shepherd are sped in gaiety and mirth.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

I was myself an inmate of the Court for upwards of two years.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Married the inmate of the cottage and went to London, a city in England.
Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous

We took it to us as inmate and Hausfreund, and made what we could of it.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

The eye of every inmate of the perfect boarding house was on him.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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