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inhabitant
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- You mean, since the houses are fairly new, nothing was buried under them, and the inhabitants are now remedying the omission.†
p. 7.1 *inhabitants = people (who live in a particular place)
- He, along with most of the other inhabitants of the village, was down in the pub, having a lager-and-light in celebration of the houses' new sanctification.†
p. 8.1
- The inhabitant, a small boy with a shock of glossy black hair, was curled up in the depths of the chair, sound asleep.†
p. 20.1inhabitant = a person (who lives in a particular place)
- The cheerful racket of conversing birds was punctuated by the whir of wings and rustle of leaves as the inhabitants flitted and hopped about their business.†
p. 68.9inhabitants = people (who live in a particular place)
- After a few words of inquiry as to my health and well-being, he led me over to the cages against the wall, where we admired the tiny inhabitants as they chirped and hopped through the foliage, excited by the wind.†
p. 90.3
- Rising at dawn with the rest of the castle inhabitants, I breakfasted in the great hall, then, if Mrs. Fitz had no patients for me to see, I went to work in the huge castle gardens.†
p. 115.1
- As the castle inhabitants grew accustomed to my presence, and I to them, some of the women began to make shy overtures of friendship, and to include me in their conversations.†
p. 115.5
- The inhabitants of both castle and nearby village had begun to visit the spot in the evenings, when the day's work was done, to buy tools and bits of finery, watch the jugglers and catch up on the latest gossip.†
p. 116.7
- Not because I was ordered to remain in the castle, but because there was a sudden outbreak of food poisoning among the castle inhabitants that demanded my attention as physician.†
p. 119.6
- I was an outlander, and an Englishwoman to boot, and while I thought I would be treated with some respect as an inhabitant of the castle, I had seen many of the villagers surreptitiously make the sign against evil as I passed.†
p. 122.6inhabitant = a person (who lives in a particular place)
- I felt badly about abusing Colum's hospitality and the friendship of the castle inhabitants by leaving without a word or a note of farewell, but after all, what could I possibly say?†
p. 129.6inhabitants = people (who live in a particular place)
- Given the carryings-on of the night before, I had expected most inhabitants of the castle to lie late the next morning, possibly staggering down for a restorative mug of ale when the sun was high—assuming that it chose to come out at all, of course.†
p. 139.3
- The thought that I would never again see that grim pile of stone or its inhabitants gave me an odd feeling of regret.†
p. 147.2
- The fire was not put out, only damped for the night, and the air in the cottage was stifling with warmth and the scents and sounds of the tossing, turning, groaning, snoring, sweating, farting inhabitants.†
p. 155.1
- While he lacked Gwyllyn's elegant way with words, he had an inexhaustible fund of stories, about fairies, ghosts, the tannasg or evil spirits, and other inhabitants of the Highlands, such as the waterhorses.†
p. 244.6
- He moved to one side, to push through what proved to be an increasing throng of kitchen-maids, grooms, cooks, gardeners, men-at-arms, and assorted castle inhabitants, all inquisitively drawn to the scene by Mrs. Fitz's loud questions.†
p. 309.6
- Most of the Castle inhabitants had always known who he was, and whether I was an English spy or not, I now knew of necessity as well.†
p. 334.7
- Most of the castle inhabitants had eaten and gone to their work already; those still in the hall greeted me pleasantly enough.†
p. 337.9
- But the inhabitants of the Castle were notably absent.†
p. 386.9
- Her rounded stomach suddenly heaved, as the inhabitant shifted position.†
p. 464.1inhabitant = a person (who lives in a particular place)
- Jamie and I had discussed the necessity for preparing Lallybroch and its inhabitants against the coming disasters of the Rising.†
p. 496.2inhabitants = people (who live in a particular place)
- He was not the only inhabitant of the ditch.†
p. 535.2inhabitant = a person (who lives in a particular place)
- We passed a few scattered bothies, smoke rising from the thatched roofs, but the inhabitants and their beasts seemed all within, secured against the cold.†
p. 564.6inhabitants = people (who live in a particular place)
- Even inside the cloister, the winter's silence weighed on the inhabitants.†
p. 603.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(inhabitant) a person who lives in a particular place
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)