inmate
/ˈɪn.meɪt/ noun C1- A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
- A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.
- Synonym of passenger, a person held or riding within a vehicle.
Plural inmates
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“We were born in the same parish, within the same park; the greatest part of our youth was passed together: inmates of the same house, sharing the same amusements, objects of the same parental care.
She wrote also with great pleasure of her brother’s being an inmate of Mr.
He knocked at the door and inquired of the inmates how they all did, saying that if they were ill, he would be happy to prescribe for them and cure them.
I warned the inmates of the house, so as to avoid a second tragedy, and we went down, with the happiest results.
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