Obs. [f. BY- 2 a + DWELLER.] One who dwells close by or near; a neighbor.

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1611.  Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. xxii. 32. Artillery brought them in abundance by the By-dwellers.

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1658.  W. Burton, Itin. Anton., 144. Called Mading-bower … by the By-dwellers.

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