Inmate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A resident of a dwelling that houses a number of occupants, especially a person confined to an institution, such as a prison or hospital.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient)
  • n. A person who occupies or dwells within a dwelling-house. The word came to be used to refer to temporary inhabitants such as guests in a hotel, students in an on-campus dormitory, patients in a hospital, or prisoners.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger
  • adj. Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who is a mate or associate in the occupancy of a place; hence, an indweller; an associated lodger or inhabitant: as, the inmates of a dwelling-house, factory, hospital, or prison.
  • Dwelling in the same place; residing jointly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
  • n. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
  • n. one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    patient    occupier    resident    occupant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    resident    internal    dweller    intern    guest    inhabitant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    occupant    inhabitant    tenant    prisoner    guest    resident    owner    patron    passenger    mistress