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Inmate   /ˈɪnmˌeɪt/   Listen
Inmate

noun
1.
One of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital).
2.
A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated.  Synonym: inpatient.  Antonym: outpatient.
3.
A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.  Synonyms: con, convict, yard bird, yardbird.






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"Inmate" Quotes from Famous Books



... brought me one of her large, checked aprons, which she advised me to put on. Thus attired, I washed and wiped the breakfast dishes, and arranged them in her spotless cupboard, saying to her that, while I remained an inmate of her house, she must allow me to assist her to the best of my ability, adding that I should be much happier if allowed to assist in her labors, than otherwise. Seeing me so anxious, my aunt allowed me to take my own ...
— The Path of Duty, and Other Stories • H. S. Caswell

... too short. We stayed at the Pera Palace Hotel, and the first night after dinner, in our innocence, strolled out. All was dark and dismal; no one in the streets. We went as far as the quays, strolled back and on the way called at a small cafe, the only inmate of which was a dwarf, as remarkable looking as Velasquez's Sebastian de Morra. The hall porter at our hotel was waiting our return with anxiety. "It was not safe to be out at night," he said; "we had gold watches ...
— Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland • Joseph Tatlow

... her from doing herself an injury. We are still domiciled there, but it will surprise you to learn that a most undesirable person is there also. In short, sir, that the woman Anita Rosario, the cause of all the trouble, is again an inmate of the house; and, what is more remarkable still, this time by Zuilika's ...
— Cleek, the Master Detective • Thomas W. Hanshew

... like a peasant before a prince's palace. Night and day armed sentries guarded their sacred portals, cutlass in hand; and had I dared to cross their path, I would infallibly have been cut down, as if in battle. Thus, though for a period of more than a year I was an inmate of this floating box of live-oak, yet there were numberless things in it that, to the last, remained wrapped in obscurity, or concerning which I could only lose myself in vague speculations. I was as a Roman Jew ...
— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville

... climate is believed to have prevailed throughout southern and central Europe. If we could accept as fact the seeming very ancient evidences of man's handiwork, we would be obliged to consider him an inmate of Europe long ages ...
— Man And His Ancestor - A Study In Evolution • Charles Morris


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