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habitant

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habitant

▸ noun

1 /ˈhabədənt, ˈhæbədənt

/ archaic an inhabitant.

2 /abiˈtän, æbɪˈtɑn

/ [often as modifier] an early French settler in Canada (especially Quebec) or Louisiana:

the habitant farmhouses of old Quebec.

– ORIGIN late Middle English (in habitant (SENSE 1)): from Old French, from habiter, from Latin habitare ‘inhabit’.