Emily Dickinson Lexicon

inhabitant (-s), n. [OFr < L. inhabitāre.] (webplay: house, place, settlement, town).

1. Denizen; occupant; neighbor; [fig.] body; corpse; mortal human being; remains of a deceased person.
2. Dweller; renter; leaser; landowner; one who has a legal settlement in a town.
3. Settler; resident; [fig.] forest creature; animal, bird, or insect.