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单词 inhabitress
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inhabitressn.

Brit. /ɪnˈhabᵻtrᵻs/, /ɪnˌhabᵻˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ᵻnˈhæbətrəs/
Etymology: < inhabitor n. or inhabiter n. + -ess suffix1.
A female inhabitant.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > [noun] > woman
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1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Aivv Th' inhabitresse of foamie Phlegeton.
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Venus in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 106 A Nymph, call'd Calucopides,..an inhabitresse On this thy wood-crownd Hill.
1778 R. Lowth Isaiah xii. 6 Cry aloud, and shout for joy, O inhabitress of Sion.
1888 Eng. Hist. Rev. III. 106 If the name be of Assyrian origin, it could only be ramat—that is, ‘the inhabitress’.
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