dweller
(ˈdwɛlə(r))
[f. dwell v. + -er1.]
1. One who dwells or resides (in a place); an inhabitant, resident.
| 1382 Wyclif Isa. xviii. 3 Alle ȝee dwelleris of the world. c 1460 Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. vi. (1885) 123 Dwellers vppon owre costes. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 2 §1 The owner or dweller of the howse..then beyng theryn. 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 186 Enough to hold all the dwellers of it and their children. 1791 Cowper Iliad i. 332 The rude dwellers on the mountain-heights. 1834 Lytton Pompeii i. v, The dwellers in a sunny clime. |
2. With on: see dwell v. 5.
| c 1600 Shakes. Sonn. cxxv, Dwellers on form and favour. |
3. A horse that ‘dwells’ at a fence.
| 1885 Sat. Rev. 14 Feb. 206/1 Dwellers require very careful handling, for..if hurried at their fences they will run into them instead of jumping. |
Hence † ˈdwelleress, a female dweller. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif Jer. xxi. 13 To thee, dwelleresse [c 1440 MS. Bodl. 277 dwelstere] of the sadde valey, and wilde feld. |