dweller
English
Etymology
From Middle English dweller, equivalent to dwell + -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdwɛlə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdwɛlɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Noun
dweller (plural dwellers)
- An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:inhabitant
- The new couple are apartment dwellers.
- 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter XV, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 314–315:
- To the left was a large pond, on which a fleet of white ducks were sailing; and huge barns and out-houses for receiving tithes in kind, added to the farm-like character which seemed to form a connecting link between the dweller for the time being in the Rectory-house, and his rural parishioners.
- 1963, Colin Clark, Australian Hopes and Fears[1], page 75:
- As a result of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest of Australia. He has always spent a considerable proportion of the time in the capital cities, in each of which he has formed a club to which, besides the graziers, only a few of the wealthiest and most prominent of the city dwellers are admitted.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
inhabitant — see also inhabitant
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From dwellen + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdwɛlər(ə)/
Noun
dweller (plural dwellers)
Descendants
References
- “dweller, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.