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indweller en · NOUN

Etymology

From indwell + -er or in- + dweller.

Meanings

1. One who dwells in a place; an inhabitant.
   • "Only the bodies, of which this eternal, imperishable, incomprehensible Self is the indweller, are said to have an end." 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 29:
   • But I will call the country's indwellers, And with soft words th' assembly will persuade[.] 1883, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, transl., The Suppliant Maidens of Aeschylus, page 28:
   • "How strong is the love of the country in all indwellers of towns!" exclaimed Charles. 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, page 58:

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