1575 in E. A. Bond (1856) Introd. 9 The..Tartars are barbarowse and fyilde dwellers.
1875 F. W. Newman tr. Sophocles Antigone in July 92/1 O Love..Who sea-traversing roamest, Or where field-dwellers nestle.
1983 (Nexis) 26 Oct. The partridge and grouse, the first a field-dweller found in the eastern part of the province, the latter a forest bird.