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Definition of Dweller
1. Noun. A person who inhabits a particular place.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Asian, Asiatic, European, Aussie, Australian, Austronesian, Kiwi, New Zealander, American, American, Alsatian, Borderer, Cottage Dweller, Cottager, Easterner, Galilaean, Galilean, Hittite, Island-dweller, Islander, Landlubber, Landman, Landsman, Latin, Liver, Marcher, Nazarene, Northerner, Numidian, Occidental, Philistine, Phrygian, Plainsman, Occupant, Occupier, Resident, Earthling, Earthman, Tellurian, Worldling, Trinidadian, Villager, Westerner
Derivative terms: Dwell, Inhabit
Definition of Dweller
1. n. An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller.
Definition of Dweller
1. Noun. An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dweller
1. one that dwells [n -S] - See also: dwells
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dweller
Literary usage of Dweller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lists of Foreign Protestants and Aliens, Resident in England 1618-1688: From by William Durrant Cooper (1862)
"... stranger and fd; b. at Collin in Germany, under the E.; KJ ; belongs to the
Dch eh.; dweller beere 19 yeeres. A lodger of Mr Bull, ..."
2. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1897)
"This dweller is not like that which is described so graphically in Zanoni, ...
This dweller, led by affinity and attraction, forces itself into the astral ..."
3. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"It should be remembered, however, that our knowledge of the Basket Maker culture
is still far more scanty than our knowledge of the Cliff-dweller. ..."
4. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"... one who creeps into holes, a cave-dweller.— Gk. т/шу\о-, ... Troglodyte, a
dweller in a cave. (F. - L. - Gk.) F. troglodyte. ..."
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