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habitant en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /abitɑ̃/

Etymology

From French habitant.

Meanings

1. (Canada) A member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.

Forms

habitant en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /ˈhabɪtənt/

Etymology

From Middle English habytaunt, from Middle French habitant. By surface analysis, habit (“to inhabit”) + -ant.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Synonym of inhabitant /dweller.
   • The last dark branches which intercepted his view gave way, and he saw a heap of blackened ruins. Scarcely aware of his own actions, he sprang from his horse. A single glance convinced him it could harbour no human habitant. 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 288–289:
   • Myriads of habitants are ever sleeping, Or dead, or fled from nameless pestilence! 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night:

Forms

Synonyms

inhabitant /dweller