An inhabitant is a person who lives in a particular place. The term can be used to refer to a variety of people, from autochthons (the original inhabitants of a place) to addressees (people who receive mail at a certain address), indwellers (people who live in a certain place), lodgers (people who rent a room or house), householders (people who own a house), aborigines (the original inhabitants of a place), nationals (citizens of a country), compatriots (people from the same country), countrymen (people from the same country), citizens (people with the rights and duties of a CITIZEN), natives (people born in a certain place), occupants (people who occupy a certain place), residents (people who live in a certain place), locals (people who live in a certain area), habitants (people who live in a certain place), dwellers (people who live in a certain place), denizens (people who live in a certain place), and peoplers (people who inhabit a certain place).