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Inmate

Inmate Meaning & Definition
Inmate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inmate?

[n] a person serving a prison sentence
[n] one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
[n] a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inmate: con | convict | gaolbird | inpatient | jailbird

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inmate: addressee | artist-in-residence | captive | case | convict | denizen | dweller | habitant | house detective | incumbent | inhabitant | inhabiter | inpatient | intern | lag | live-in maid | locum tenens | occupant | occupier | patient | prisoner | residencer | resident | resident physician | residentiary | resider | sojourner | tenant

See Also | captive | lifer | occupant | occupier | patient | prisoner | resident

Inmate In Webster's Dictionary

\In"mate`\, n. [In + mate an associate.] One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling. So spake the enemy of mankind, inclos'd In serpent, inmate bad. --Milton.
\In"mate`\, a. Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal. [R.] ``Inmate guests.'' --Milton.

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