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habitant

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habitant
▸ noun
1 archaic /ˈhabɪt(ə)nt / an inhabitant.
2 [often as modifier] /ˌabiːˈtɒ̃ / an early French settler in Canada (especially Quebec) or Louisiana:
the habitant farmhouses of old Quebec.
– ORIGIN late Middle English (in habitant (sense 1 of the noun)): from Old French, from habiter, from Latin habitare ‘inhabit’.
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