Synonyms for inmate


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-meyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪnˌmeɪt


Définition of inmate

Origin :
  • 1580s, "one allowed to live in a house rented by another" (usually for a consideration), from in "inside" + mate "companion." Sense of "one confined to an institution" is first attested 1834.
  • noun patient
Example sentences :
  • And to interfere with the inmate of a harem is just about impossible.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Her name was Lucie Druon, and she was an inmate of an orphan asylum.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • May peace be an inmate of his bosom, and rapture a frequent visitor of his soul!
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • It sounded as though the inmate had knocked over the table and chairs.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • If it keeps up tomorrow night we could rescue every inmate in the sanitarium.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • Grief is not an inmate of the plain; the hours of the shepherd are sped in gaiety and mirth.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • I was myself an inmate of the Court for upwards of two years.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Married the inmate of the cottage and went to London, a city in England.
  • Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
  • We took it to us as inmate and Hausfreund, and made what we could of it.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • The eye of every inmate of the perfect boarding house was on him.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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