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单词 cliff dweller
释义

cliff dweller

noun

1
often capitalized C&D
a
: a member of a prehistoric American Indian people of the southwestern U.S. who built their homes on rock ledges or in the natural recesses of canyon walls and cliffs
b
: a member of any cliff-dwelling people
2
: a resident of a large usually metropolitan apartment building
cliff dwelling noun

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

cliff dweller

noun

as in resider

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • resider
  • national
  • resident
  • occupant
  • inhabitant
  • dweller
  • subject
  • town
  • native
  • habitant
  • denizen
  • townswoman
  • townspeople
  • townsman
  • burgher
  • townsfolk
  • villager
  • citizen
  • towny
  • suburbanite
  • townie
  • urbanite

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • visitor
  • alien
  • tourist
  • guest
  • foreigner
  • transient
  • noncitizen
  • gownsman
  • nonnative
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