dwellern.
/ˈdwɛlə/, U.S. /ˈdwɛlər/ 1. One who dwells or resides (in a place); an inhabitant, resident.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > [noun]
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wonnera1340
dwellera1382
livera1382
indweller1382
resiant1405
inhabitor1413
inhabitera1425
tenanta1425
abider1440
citizenc1450
inhabitant1462
resident1463
denizen1474
inhabitator?a1475
mansionarya1475
habitant1490
incolera1513
occupier?1542
land-occupier1576
residentiary1581
burgessa1586
incolant1596
consistorian1599
ledger1600
resider1632
residenter1644
habitator1646
endwellera1649
incolary1652
incolist1657
insetter1712
houser1871
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xviii. 3 Alle ȝee dwelleris of the world.
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) vi. 123 Dwellers vppon owre costes.
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 2 §1 The owner or dweller of the howse..then beyng theryn.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 186 Enough to hold all the dwellers of it and their children.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 332 The rude dwellers on the mountain-heights.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. v. 83 The dwellers in a sunny clime.
2. With on: see dwell v. 5.
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1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxv. sig. H3 Dwellers on forme and fauor. View more context for this quotation
3. A horse that ‘dwells’ at a fence.
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1885 Sat. Rev. 14 Feb. 206/1 Dwellers require very careful handling, for..if hurried at their fences they will run into them instead of jumping.
Derivatives
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > [noun] > woman
dwelleressa1382
dwelstera1382
inhabitress1601
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxi. 13 To thee, dwelleresse [c 1440 MS. Bodl. 277 dwelstere] of the sadde valey, and wilde feld.
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