Both Uses of
inhabitant
in
Sense and Sensibility
- The arrival of a new family in the country was always a matter of joy to him, and in every point of view he was charmed with the inhabitants he had now procured for his cottage at Barton.†
Chpt 7 *inhabitants = people (who live in a particular place)
- Sir John was delighted; for to a man, whose prevailing anxiety was the dread of being alone, the acquisition of two, to the number of inhabitants in London, was something.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
a person who lives in a particular place