Dweller

//ˈdwɛlə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.

    "The new couple are apartment dwellers."

  2. 2
    a person who inhabits a particular place wordnet

Synonyms

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denizeninhabitantinhabitantaddresseeartist-in-residencecitizen

Example

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"He is no longer a city dweller who has even once in his life caught a ruff or seen how, on clear and cool autumn days, flocks of migrating thrushes drift over a village. Until his death he will be drawn to freedom."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-der. Proto-Germanic *dwalaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan Old English dwellan ▲ Old Norse dveljainflu. Middle English dwellen Middle English -ere Middle English dweller English dweller From Middle English dweller, equivalent to dwell + -er.

Related phrases

basement dwellerbasement-dwellerbottom dwellercave dwellercellar dwellercity dwellercountry dwellerfringe dwellermirror dwellernight dwellerslum dwellertown dweller

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