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Synonyms for dwellers

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dwel
Phonetic Transcription : dwɛl

Définition of dwellers

Origin :
  • Old English dwellan "to mislead, deceive," originally "to make a fool of, lead astray," from Proto-Germanic *dwaljanan (cf. Old Norse dvöl "delay," dvali "sleep;" Middle Dutch dwellen "to stun, make giddy, perplex;" Old High German twellen "to hinder, delay;" Danish dvale "trance, stupor," dvaelbær "narcotic berry," source of Middle English dwale "nightshade"), from PIE *dhwel-, from root *dheu- (1) "dust, cloud, vapor, smoke" (and related notions of "defective perception or wits").
  • Related to Old English gedweola "error, heresy, madness." Sense shifted in Middle English through "hinder, delay," to "linger" (c.1200, as still in phrase to dwell upon), to "make a home" (mid-13c.). Related: Dwelled; dwelt; dwells.
  • noun tenant
Example sentences :
  • The Porter family were not the only dwellers of Brookfield who took part in racing.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The dwellers in the long-house extended every courtesy to Ninaka and his crew.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • I ventured to remind Mammy that all dwellers in the country were not tackies.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • The tastes of the dwellers in cities control, more and more, the character of our newspapers.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • No arrests were made, although the marksmen must have been dwellers in the neighbourhood.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Texas is a near-by land to the dwellers in the Southern States.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • Sarka had planned for Dalis to attack the dwellers of the Moon, and Dalis had refused.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • Do you think the dwellers in the moon have got the sin as well as ourselves?
  • Extract from : « Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb » by W. R. Roe
  • It was evident that he was not one of the dwellers in the city, but an Arab of the desert.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
  • This he knew was the sign of the clan to which the dwellers in that wigwam belonged.
  • Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers

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