Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who dwells with another or in the same place.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who dwells with another, or in the same place or country.

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  • noun A person who cohabits with another

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Examples

  • We would not admit it amongst each other, but each man was pleased to have her in our midst, even though our close quarters already meant that we had spent the last few hours in a dreamless half sleep crushed up against legs and feet on either side, which was preferable, we had all agreed, to accidentally snuggling up to a cohabitant as a man would to a wife.

    Passeridae Wendy Wimmer 2011

  • The court is also to consider "any history of abuse by one parent or any other person seeking custody against any related children, the other parent, or the spouse, cohabitant or person with whom that party is involved in a dating relationship".

    Fred Silberberg: Sheen Custody: Maybe Neither Parent Should Have the Kids? Fred Silberberg 2011

  • My then-cohabitant adopted her, and when he moved out, she stayed behind.

    April 22nd, 2009 matociquala 2009

  • Lohan, 50, was booked Monday night in West Hollywood, Calif., for inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant, false imprisonment and preventing a report of victimization.

    Michael Lohan Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges 2011

  • The court is also to consider "any history of abuse by one parent or any other person seeking custody against any related children, the other parent, or the spouse, cohabitant or person with whom that party is involved in a dating relationship".

    Fred Silberberg: Sheen Custody: Maybe Neither Parent Should Have the Kids? Fred Silberberg 2011

  • The case of Ariza v. Canada (2007) denied entry to Canada to a Muslim who might have claimed to have a wife in the Philippines and a common law cohabitant wife in Canada concurrently.

    Law is Cool Podcast: Polygamy and the Law : Law is Cool 2009

  • If your cohabitant needs to have a long chat, she should take it outside.

    How To Share A Work Space 2010

  • And can I say (sorry NB) my cohabitant can be really challenging when it comes to being green.

    615 - green meme Another Outspoken Female 2008

  • And can I say (sorry NB) my cohabitant can be really challenging when it comes to being green.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Another Outspoken Female 2008

  • If your cohabitant needs to have a long chat, she should take it outside.

    How To Share A Work Space 2010

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