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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IN'MATE, n. [in or inn, and mate.] A person who lodges or dwells in the same house with another, occupying different rooms, but using the same door for passing in and out of the house.
1. A lodger; one who lives with a family, but is not otherwise connected with it than as a lodger.
IN'MATE, a. Admitted as a dweller.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
2: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated [syn: inpatient, inmate] [ant: outpatient]
3: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1580 any of a group occupying a single place of residence; especially a person confined (as in a prison or hospital)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (usu. foll. by of) 1 an occupant of a hospital, prison, institution, etc. 2 an occupant of a house etc., esp. one of several. Etymology: prob. orig. INN + MATE(1), assoc. with IN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inmate In"mate`, a. Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal. [R.] ``Inmate guests.'' --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inmate 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(inmates) The inmates of a prison or mental hospital are the prisoners or patients who are living there. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Occupant, dweller, denizen.

Moby Thesaurus

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