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inmate |
WordNet 2.0 |
- a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison |
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- one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital) |
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- a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated |
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| Inmate |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
1. One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp., one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling. "So spake the enemy of mankind, inclos'd In serpent, inmate bad." -- Milton. |
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1. Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal. [R.] "Inmate guests." Milton. |
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