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Denizen

A dweller; an inhabitant.

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Broader term 5

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Being 76% connected

of Be

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Organism 76% connected

Organic structure; organization.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 28

Alsatian 76% connected

Pertaining to Alsatia.

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American 76% connected

Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.

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Asian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.

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Asiatic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.

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Australian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Australia.

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Borderer 76% connected

One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place or region.

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Cottager 76% connected

One who lives in a cottage.

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Earthling 76% connected

An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.

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European 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.

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Galilean 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope.

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Islander 76% connected

An inhabitant of an island.

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Landlubber 76% connected

One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

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Latin 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.

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Liver 76% connected

One who, or that which, lives.

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Marcher 76% connected

The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.

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Nazarene 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

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Northerner 76% connected

One born or living in the north.

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Numidian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa.

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Occidental 76% connected

Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

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Occupant 76% connected

One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.

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Occupier 76% connected

One who occupies, or has possession.

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Philistine 76% connected

A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.

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Phrygian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.

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Resident 76% connected

Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the…

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Tellurian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the earth.

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Villager 76% connected

An inhabitant of a village.

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Westerner 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of the west.

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Worldling 76% connected

A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.

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Dweller 92% connected

An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller.

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Habitant 92% connected

An inhabitant; a dweller.

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Indweller 92% connected

An inhabitant.

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Inhabitant 92% connected

One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city,…

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