inmate

[ in-meyt ]

/ ˈɪnˌmeɪt /

a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.

Archaic. a person who dwells with others in the same house.

Origin of inmate

First recorded in 1580–90; in-¹ + mate¹

inlet, inlier, inline, inly, inlying, inmate, inmesh, inmigrant, inmost, inn, innage

In none of the weddings Joplin has performed did the inmate have more than five years to serve.

Saying Yes to the Dress—Behind Bars |Caitlin Dickson |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The woman had accompanied a friend who was visiting her boyfriend when she met the inmate she would marry.

Saying Yes to the Dress—Behind Bars |Caitlin Dickson |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The last federal position he held was Inmate--he served more than eight years for his inventive approach to acquiring money.

Election Day In The Big Sleazy |Jeff Greenfield |November 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
However, if an inmate cannot find a job, he should expect to sleep outside with other homeless inmates.

Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre Prison |Jason Batansky |October 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Yet in the federal system in 2010, more than 75 percent of that money went to inmate wages.

Megabanks Have The Federal Prison System Locked Up |Center for Public Integrity |October 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The position of those who remained was regulated in a series of decrees, adverse to the system, but favourable to the inmate.

Lectures on the French Revolution |John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
The most passing glance would have detected that she was not "one of them," nor had she been long an inmate of this dwelling.

The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) |Charles James Lever
To-night, every inmate was thoroughly miserable, except their guest.

The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall |Spencer Davenport
There is another insect out in the garden that ought to be an inmate of every terrarium this fall, the green cabbage-worm.

Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets |Various
Next day the news of the legacy was common property, and Aunt Tildy had been an inmate at Todd's ever since.

The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories |Various

inmate

/ (ˈɪnˌmeɪt) /

a person who is confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital See also resident (def. 2)

obsolete a person who lives with others in a house