[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

habitant \hab"itant\ ha^b"i^tant, n. f. habitant. see
   habit, v. t.
   1913 webster
   1. an inhabitant; a dweller. --milton. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. f. pron. .a`b-e`taumn" 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 the plural.
      1913 webster

            the habitants or cultivators of the soil. --parkman.
      1913 webster
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