Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Inhabitant

Inhabitant , noun

[Latin inhabitans, -antis, present participle of inhabitare.]

1.
One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state.
Frail inhabitants of earth. — Cowper
In this place, they report that they saw inhabitants which were very fair and fat people. — Abp. Abbot
2.
(Law) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.