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in⋅hab⋅it⋅ant

[in-hab-i-tuhnt]
–noun
a person or animal that inhabits a place, esp. as a permanent resident.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L inhabitant- (s. of inhabitāns) dwelling in. See inhabit, -ant


dweller, denizen.
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in·hab·i·tant   (ĭn-hāb'ĭ-tənt)   
n.  One that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident: the inhabitants of a fishing village; snakes, lizards, and other inhabitants of the desert.
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