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dweller
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dweller
dwel‧ler
/
ˈdwelə
$
-ər
/
noun
[
countable
]
→
city/town/cave etc dweller
Examples from the Corpus
dweller
•
Bartlett drew from the
old-fashioned
uniforms
of the
virile
football
player and the
preening
perfection
of the city
dweller
.
•
It's just hard for your
Earth
dwellers
to
conjure
these all out of a
hat
in the
midst
of
frustration
.
•
Slum
dwellers
would
filter
through into better
stock
, or be
rehoused
by local authorities in new
estates
.
•
Similarly, an
amendment
carried in
November
1917 did much to
nullify
the
reduction
of
plural
voting rights for town
dwellers
.
•
Furthermore, the causes of fuelwood
scarcity
must seem
remote
and
diffuse
to the
average
urban
dweller
.
•
Urban
dwellers
might find that the
bright
city lights will
wash
out the faintly
glowing
comet
tail
.
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