HABITANT

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An inhabitant; a dweller. Milton. Pope.

2.
n.

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. Parkman.


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