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)

  1. 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

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dwellen +‎ -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdwɛlər(ə)/

Noun

dweller (plural dwellers)

  1. dweller, inhabitant

Descendants

  • English: dweller
  • Yola: dwellerès, dwelleres (plural)

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