All 3 Uses of
inhabitant
in
Jane Eyre
- Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties; and it has been observed in every arrangement connected with the establishment of Lowood: plain fare, simple attire, unsophisticated accommodations, hardy and active habits; such is the order of the day in the house and its inhabitants.†
p. 42.4 *inhabitants = people (who live in a particular place)
- While disease had thus become an inhabitant of Lowood, and death its frequent visitor; while there was gloom and fear within its walls; while its rooms and passages steamed with hospital smells, the drug and the pastille striving vainly to overcome the effluvia of mortality, that bright May shone unclouded over the bold hills and beautiful woodland out of doors.†
p. 92.1inhabitant = a person (who lives in a particular place)
- In what way could it possibly be the interest of the inhabitants of that dwelling to serve me?†
p. 376.5inhabitants = people (who live in a particular place)
Definition:
a person who lives in a particular place