dweller
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈdwɛlər/
:
habitante
- Isabel felt like a frightened dweller in the space that had once been her home.
- city dwellers
- urban dwellers
- slum dwellers
I'm a father, I'm a professor, I'm a apartment dweller.
- I'm a father, I'm a professor, I'm a apartment dweller.
- Well, the slums have no formal addresses, but ask any slum dweller and everyone knows who lives where.
- The exhausted beach dwellers had climbed up to the salt tips and sat there until dawn.
- You, a cave dweller, are now walking amongst us.
- OK, about a trillion seconds have passed since cave dwellers painted on cave walls.
- Wouldn't they Then when they go back down to The Cave to tell all the other cave dwellers, wouldn't they seem crazy?
- I think they, I think for quite a long time, urban dwellers think that migrant workers, you know, from the countryside, they do the kind of menial tasks.
- Imagine, oh marsh, marsh and canal boat dwellers beaming their thoughts down.
Examples
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Is your cat a Bush dweller, a tree dweller or a beach dweller?
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In the capital, most slum dwellers are from the rural interior of Santiago Island.
Academic text (2008) -
You, a cave dweller, are now walking amongst us.
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You have startled me and made me dream of things no valley dweller has ever thought of before.
Fiction book (2000) -
I can see you're a confirmed city dweller.
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What is more inviting to the urban dweller than the sight of apple trees hung with fruit?
Fiction book (1999) -
The exhausted beach dwellers had climbed up to the salt tips and sat there until dawn.
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Today, this practice is held in contempt among urban dwellers, according to UNZA students.
Academic text (1993) -
All she heard was the normal chatter of forest dwellers: squirrels, birds, and the like.
Fiction book (1994) -
The forest dweller often finds food among the trees and plants.
Synonyms
106
2.8
A person or animal that lives in a particular place
62
3.3
A person who lives in a house or uses a seat
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7.9
A person, animal, or plant that lives in a place
7
4.1
A person who lives in a house or apartment
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5.4
A person or animal that lives in a place
A person or animal that lives in a place
A person who lives in a place for a long time
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who stays indoors, often in a basement, and spends much time gaming on the internet
Long ago Native American people in the American Southwest who lived in homes built on cliffs
- Literature
A being that lives in a mirror or a person who thinks a lot about themselves
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dweller comes from the verb dwell, which long ago meant 'to stay' or 'remain' in one place. So a dweller is simply a person or animal that 'lives' or 'stays' in a particular place.