[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inmate \in"mate`\ i^n"m=at`, n. 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.
   1913 webster

         so spake the enemy of mankind, inclos'd
         in serpent, inmate bad.                  --milton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inmate \in"mate`\, a.
   admitted as a dweller; resident; internal. r. "inmate
   guests." --milton.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

inmate
     n 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
see also:
inpatient outpatient convict con jailbird gaolbird 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

inmate. one who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at 
the same time, in the said house. kitch. 45, b; com. dig. justices of the 
peace, b 85; 1 b.  cr. 578; 8 e. c. l. r. 153; 2 dowl.  ry. 743; 8 b.  
cr. 71; 15 e. c. l. r. 154; 2 man.  ry. 227; 9 b.  cr. 176; 17 e. c. l. 
r. 385; 4 man.  ry. 151; 2 russ. on cr. 937; 1 deac. cr. l. 185; 2 east, 
p. cr. 499, 505; 1 leach's cr. l. 90, 237, 427; alcock's registration cases, 
21; 1 man.  gra. 83; 39 e. c. l. r. 365. vide lodger. 

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