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366 words match “HABITAN”

SHRINK v.
as in fear, horror, or distress. What happier natures shrink at with affright, The hard inhabitant contends is right. Pope. They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task. Jowett (Thucyd.)
SIAMESE n.
A native or inhabitant of Siam; pl., the people of Siam.
SIBERIAN a.
A native or inhabitant of Siberia. Siberian crab (Bot.), the Siberian crab apple. See Crab apple, under Crab. -- Siberian dog (Zoöl.), one of a large breed of dogs having erect ears and the hair of the body and tail very long. It is distinguished for endurance of fatigue when used for the purpose of draught. -- Siber…
SICILIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants. Sicilian vespers, the great massacre of the French in Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday, at the hour of vespers.
SILESIAN a.
A native or inhabitant of Silesia.
SLAVONIAN n.
A native or inhabitant of Slavonia; ethnologically, a Slav.
SLAVONIAN; SLAVONIC a.
Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.
SMYRNIOT a.
A native or inhabitant of Smyrna.
SOCOTRINE a.
A native or inhabitant of Socotra.
SODOMITE n.
An inhabitant of Sodom.
SOLITARY a.
Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. Lam. i. 1. Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. Job iii. 7.
SON n.
A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.
SOUTHERNER n.
An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.
SOUTHRON n.
An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.
SPANIARD n.
A native or inhabitant of Spain.
SPARTAN a.
A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.
SUMATRAN a.
Of or pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants. -- n.
SUMERIAN a.
r pertaining to the region of lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Sumer, or its inhabitants or their language.
SWEDE n.
A native or inhabitant of Sweden.
SWEDISH a.
Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip. (Bot.) See under Turnip.
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