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Habitant n.

An inhabitant; a dweller.

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. "The habitants or cultivators of the soil."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... of the universe and all that it contains: Domini est terra et plenitudo ejus, orbis et universi qui habitant in eo. For the human race he has created the earth and all its creatures, and has given it a control over them subordinate only to his own. 'Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy ...

— What is Property? - An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government • P. J. Proudhon

... after mass, that it was necessary to be rather more indulgent with the People of the Coast, if one wanted to live with them." This was an old euphemism for Flibustiers. The good father could expect nothing better, especially as so many of his audience may have been Calvinists, for the first habitant at Cap Francais was of that sect. These men were trying to become settled; and the alternative was between rapine with religion and raising crops without it. The latter became the habitude of the island; for the descendants of the Buccaneers could afford the luxury of absolute sincerity, ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, Number 59, September, 1862 • Various

... life of the seignior, habitant, and coureur de bois; system of trade; government at Quebec—governor, bishop, intendant; territorial claims (Chaps. VII, ...

— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History • Ontario Ministry of Education

... with his reserve and sturdy industry, and the Canadian from the cities is apparently lost in it, too, for theirs is the leaven that works through the mass slowly and unobtrusively, and it is the Scot and the habitant of French extraction who have given the life of it colour and individuality. Extremes meet and fuse on the wide white levels ...

— Hawtrey's Deputy • Harold Bindloss

... took on the mannerisms of the French Canadian. This was apparently done without special intent and no reason for it can be given except for a similarity in the mock seriousness of their statements and the anti-climax of the bulls that were made, with the braggadocio of the habitant. Some investigators trace the origin of Paul Bunyan to Eastern ...

— The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan • W.B. Laughead

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