home-dwellingadj.
/ˈhəʊmˌdwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌdwɛlɪŋ/ Living in one's home country; residing at home.
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1549 J. Olde in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. Prol. sig. .iii By forayne or homedwellyng enemies.
1623 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination (new ed.) i. 6 Travell..bringeth satisfaction to the hom-dwelling man, of these things, he would haue seene, and could not attempt.
1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xviii. 317 It can never be well till our own souls be an Heaven to us, and blessedness be a domestique, an home-dwelling inhabitant there.
1721 R. Molesworth in tr. F. Hotman Franco-Gallia (ed. 2) Pref. p. xxix I am convinced, as long as there is Work to do abroad, 'tis they (and not our home dwelling Freeholders) are most proper for it.
1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. v. 351 The idea of home, fraught with the fragrance of home-dwelling joys, reanimates the drooping spirit.
1855 Advocate of Peace Oct. 347 The third source of woes from the war to the home-dwelling Russian,..is known under the name of voluntary contribution.
1904 Westm. Mag. 11 June 11 There are clubs for home-dwelling men and for travellers.
2005 M. Lehmijoki-Gardner in M. Lehmijoki-Gardner et al. Dominican Penitent Women 10 Home-dwelling unmarried penitents were often placed last in the domestic pecking order.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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