A person who inhabits a particular place.
synonyms: denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant.
Roget 188:
inhabitant;
resident,
residentiary†;
dweller,
indweller†;
addressee;
occupier,
occupant;
householder,
lodger,
inmate,
tenant,
incumbent,
sojourner,
locum tenens,
commorant†;
settler,
squatter,
backwoodsman,
colonist;
islander;
denizen,
citizen;
burgher,
oppidan†,
cockney,
cit,
townsman,
burgess;
villager;
cottager,
cottier†,
cotter;
compatriot;
backsettler†,
boarder;
hotel keeper,
innkeeper;
habitant;
paying guest;
planter.
native,
indigene,
aborigines,
autochthones†;
Englishman,
John Bull;
newcomer
etc.
(stranger)
57.
aboriginal,
American†,
Caledonian,
Cambrian,
Canadian,
Canuck [Slang],
downeaster [U.S.],
Scot,
Scotchman,
Hibernian,
Irishman,
Welshman,
Uncle Sam,
Yankee,
Brother Jonathan.
garrison,
crew;
population;
people
etc.
(mankind)
372;
colony,
settlement;
household;
mir†.
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Dutch: ingeburgerde, stamgast, bewoner, ingezetene, inwoner
Polish: mieszkaniec