inhabitant
pronunciation
How to pronounce inhabitant in British English:
UK [ɪnˈhæbɪtənt]
How to pronounce inhabitant in American English:
US [ɪnˈhæbɪtənt]
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- Noun:
- a person who inhabits a particular place
Word Origin
- 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.
Example
- 1. About 3000 bc , the inhabitant of the island has entered the bronze ware period .
- 2. The year after deregulation the number of taxis per inhabitant had risen by 28 % .
- 3. In the epic mickey game , oswald becomes the earliest inhabitant of cartoon wasteland after mickey is created .
- 4. One fighter climbed into the lion enclosure but was immediately killed by marjan , the zoo 's most famous inhabitant .
- 5. And in virtual reality , the outside world and all its inhabitant effectively ceases to exist .