one who inhabits, one who lives in a certain place
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Habitant Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
An inhabitant; a dweller.
An inhabitant; a dweller.
(v. t.)
An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural.
habitant
\hab`it*ant\ (?), n. [f. habitant. see habit, v. t.]
1. an inhabitant; a dweller. pope.
2. [f. pron. (&?;)] an inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of french descent or origin in canada, especially in the province of quebec; -- usually in plural. the habitants or cultivators of the soil.
Dweller.
Habitant Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Habitants were French settlers and the inhabitants of French origin who farmed the land along the two shores of the St. Lawrence Gulf and River in what is the present-day Province of Quebec in Canada. The term was used by the inhabitants themselves and the other classes of French Canadian society from the 17th century up until the early 20th century when the usage of the word declined in favour of the more modern agriculteur (farmer) or producteur agricole (agricultural producer).
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