cohabitant
cohabitant Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person who lives with another in the same household, especially as an unmarried romantic partner.
"Under the new housing policy, a domestic cohabitant may be added to the lease agreement after one year of shared residency."
An animal or plant species that shares the same natural habitat or ecological niche with another.
"The burrowing owl is a frequent cohabitant of prairie dog towns across the grasslands."
• adjective
Living or dwelling together in the same residence, territory, or habitat.
"The sociological study examined financial decision-making among cohabitant couples in urban areas."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French cohabitant or directly from Late Latin cohabitantem, the present participle of cohabitare ('to dwell together'), formed from com- ('together') and habitare ('to dwell').