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357 words match “INHABITANT”

INHABITRESS n.
A female inhabitant. [R.]
INHOLDER n.
An inhabitant. [Obs.] Spenser.
INTERCOMMON v.
To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.
IRISH a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland. Irish elk. (Zoöl.) See under Elk. -- Irish moss. (a) (Bot.) Carrageen. (b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange. -- Irish poplin. See Poplin. -- Irish potato, the ordinary white potato, so called because it is a favorite article of…
ISLANDER n.
An inhabitant of an island.
ITALIAN n.
A native or inhabitant of Italy.
JAMAICAN a.
A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.
JAPANESE a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.
JUTLANDER n.
A native or inhabitant of Jutland in Denmark.
KOLARIAN n.
An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in Hindostan. -- a.
KURD n.
A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies. [Written also Koord.]
KURILIAN a.
A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile Islands. [Written also Koorilian.]
LACONIAN a.
An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.
LAND n.
The inhabitants of a nation or people. These answers, in the silent night received, The kind himself divulged, the land believed. Dryden.
LAND OF STEADY HABITS n.
Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period.
LAPLANDER n.
A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.
LATIN n.
A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
LEVANTINE n.
A native or inhabitant of the Levant.
LILLIPUTIAN a.
Of or having to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
LIMENEAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru. -- n.
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