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inhabiter arch.|ɪnˈhæbɪtə(r)| Also 4 en-. [f. inhabit v. + -er1.] One who inhabits, an inhabitant; † also (in 16–17th c.) a colonist.
1388Wyclif Gen. xxiv. 13 The douȝtris of enhabiters [v.r. dwelleris] of this citee schulen go out to drawe watir. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 9 Preamble, Inhabiters and dwellers within the Shires of Northumberland Cumberland and Westmerlond. 1552Huloet, Inhabiters comminge from farre countreys to dwell here, coloni. 1587Golding De Mornay xxvi. 404 When they conueyed Inhabiters abroad to people other Countries. 1614Raleigh Hist. World i. (1634) 87 Nations, which..sought to dis-plant the ancient Inhabiters. 1879C. Rossetti Seek & F. 182 Around the Almighty Redeemer earth and its inhabiters, though weak, rage in impotent rebellion. 1884G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland ii. 7 This species..is not an inhabiter of our rivers. |