Bible Dictionaries
Inmate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Inmate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/inmate.html. 1828.