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dwell
(dwĕl)intr.v. dwelt (dwĕlt) or dwelled, dwell·ing, dwells
1. To live as a resident; reside.
2. To exist in a given place or state: dwell in joy.
3.
a. To fasten one's attention on something, especially moodily or persistently: kept dwelling on what went wrong. See Synonyms at brood.
b. To speak or write at length; expatiate: dwelt on the need to trim the budget.
[Middle English dwellen, from Old English dwellan, to mislead, delay, dwell.]
dwell′er n.
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| Noun | 1. |  dweller - a person who inhabits a particular placeindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" European - a native or inhabitant of Europe Aussie, Australian - a native or inhabitant of Australia Austronesian - a native or inhabitant of Austronesia New Zealander, Kiwi - a native or inhabitant of New Zealand American - a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country American - a native or inhabitant of the United States Alsatian - a native or inhabitant of Alsace borderer - an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England) cottage dweller, cottager - someone who lives in a cottage easterner - an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S. Hittite - a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC island-dweller, islander - an inhabitant of an island Latin - an inhabitant of ancient Latium liver - someone who lives in a place; "a liver in cities" marcher - an inhabitant of a border district Nazarene - an inhabitant of Nazareth Northerner - an inhabitant of the North Numidian - an inhabitant of ancient Numidia Occidental - a native inhabitant of the Occident Philistine - a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC Phrygian - a native or inhabitant of Phrygia plainsman - an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America) occupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there Trinidadian - inhabitant or native of Trinidad villager - one who has lived in a village most of their life westerner - an inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S. |
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dweller
noun inhabitant, resident, citizen, denizen, indweller The number of city dwellers is growing.
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n → Bewohner(in) m(f)
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