inhabitants
plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place
An inflected form of inhabitant · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,836 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,827 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person who inhabits a particular place also: habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
inhabitants in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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These people are thought to know most about fairyland and its inhabitants.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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We were often asked what we thought of Shetland and its inhabitants.
From John O'Groats to Land's End · John Anderton Naylor · Chapter 1
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The inhabitants planted orchards and vineyards, and surrounded themselves with souvenirs of their old home.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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The fortress had already been abandoned by the greater number of the inhabitants, but some few still remained there.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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The inhabitants of every building on the road were in the open air, to receive and to return the parting benediction.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish · James Fenimore Cooper · Chapter 1