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26 March 2013
All Inmates are Not In Jail
Inmate can mean resident or patient. This reference from the 1890s refers to the widow of the veteran as an inmate of St. Mary's Infirmary in St. Louis. Do not conclude that inmate means prisoner--that's not always how it was intended.
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