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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class II. Words Relating to Space
Section I. Space in General
3. Existence in Space

188. Inhabitant.

   NOUN:INHABITANT; resident, residentiary; dweller, indweller, habitant [rare]; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, roomer [U. S.], inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens [L.], commorant; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit [colloq.], townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier, cotter; compatriot; backsettler, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter.
  NATIVE, indigene [rare], aborigines, autochthon (pl. autochthones), aboriginal; newcomer (stranger) [See Extraneousness].
  American; Briton, Englishman, Britisher, John Bull; Canadian, Canuck [slang]; downeaster [U. S.]; Scot, Scotchman, Scotsman, Caledonian; Hibernian, Irishman, Paddywhack, Paddy, Mick, Teague, Greek or Grecian [slang]; Welshman, Cambrian, Taffy; Frenchman, Parleyvoo, Froggy [slang]; Chinaman, Celestial; Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan.
  PEOPLE (mankind) [See Mankind]; colony, settlement; household; mir [Russia]; garrison, crew; population.
   VERB:INHABIT &c. (be present) [See Presence]; endenizen [rare] &c. (locate oneself) [See Location].
   ADJECTIVE:INDIGENOUS; native, natal; autochthonal, autochthonous; British, English; American; Canadian; Irish, Hibernian; Scotch, Scottish; Welsh, Cambrian; French, Gallic; Chinese, Celestial, Sinæan, Sinaic or Sinic [rare], Chink [slang], Chinee [slang]; domestic; domiciliated, domiciled; naturalized, vernacular, domesticated; domiciliary; colonial.
  OCCUPIED BY, in the occupation of; garrisoned by.
   QUOTATION:For he might have been a Roosian, A Frenchman, Turk or Proosian, Or perhaps Italian! But in spite of all temptations To belong to other nations, He remains an Englishman.—Gilbert