From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inmate \In"mate'\ ([i^]n"m[=a]t'), noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inmate \In"mate'\, adjective Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal. [R.] ''Inmate guests.'' --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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}] [ant: {outpatient}]
3: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: {convict}, {con}, {jailbird}, {gaolbird}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "inmate": 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
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