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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



366 words match “HABITAN”

SWISS n.
A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.
SWITZER n.
A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss.
TAHITIAN a.
A native inhabitant of Tahiti.
TARTAR n.
A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.
TASMANIAN a.
Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct. Tasmanain cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note under Eucalyptus. -- Tasmanain devil. (Zoöl.) See under Devil. -- Tasman…
TERRESTRIAL n.
An inhabitant of the earth.
THEBAN n.
A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man. I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban. Shak.
THESSALIAN a.
A native or inhabitant of Thessaly.
THESSALONIAN a.
A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.
THIBETAN a.
A native or inhabitant of Thibet.
THRACIAN a.
A native or inhabitant of Thrace.
THURINGIAN a.
A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.
TORINESE a.
A native or inhabitant of Turin; collectively, the people of Turin.
TOWN n. 2 definitions
The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
TOWNISH n.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town. [R.] Turbervile.
TOWNSFOLK n.
The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
TOWNSMAN n.
An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. Pope.
TOWNSPEOPLE n.
The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.
TRANSALPINE n.
A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.
TRANSPLANT v.
To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate. Clarendon.
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