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inmate

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noun/ˈɪn.meɪt/
  1. 1

    A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).

  2. 2

    A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.

    • [T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.
  3. 3

    Synonym of passenger, a person held or riding within a vehicle.uncommon

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