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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Habitant

/(hăb"ĭt*ant)/ · Hab·it·ant · IPA /abitɑ̃/
01 n. An inhabitant; a dweller.
  1. 1.
    An inhabitant; a dweller.
  2. 2.
    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.” — Parkman.