OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 42325

inmate

/ˈɪn.meɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
convicto • detenido • internado • interno • presidiario • preso • recluso • reo
A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
residente
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.
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