noun
inhabitant
in-HAB-ih-tunt/ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/
A person or animal living in a particular place.
An elderly inhabitant waters the plants outside his small house.
Etymology
The pieces describe someone dwelling in a place. The participle became a noun for a resident, distinguishing an inhabitant from a visitor or someone merely passing through.
In context
an inhabitant of the river backwaters which it occupies in large colonies the water Strider have become accustomed to living on the water
More examples
- The island has fewer than a hundred inhabitants.
- The red fox is a common inhabitant of these woods.
- Many inhabitants of the neighborhood walk to work.
Forms
inhabitant · inhabitants
inhabit verb — To live in a particular place.