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Definition of habitant in English: habitantnoun 1archaic An inhabitant. 〈古〉居住者，居民 Example sentencesExamples - The in habitants of the camp were busy as usual, constantly bustling about.
- The company is responsible for treating all the waste water of a city with over 16 million habitants.
- The country dwellers and habitants of market towns and traditional villages keep away from the large towns and cities unless absolutely necessary.
- It is not surprising that with this attitude towards dark-skinned people, many North Africans do not consider themselves blacks and look down on habitants of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- This being the case, those habitants of areas outside the golden southwestern sphere are entirely reliant upon their own vehicles.
Synonyms inhabitant, resident, townsman, townswoman, native, local 2often as modifier An early French settler in Canada (especially Quebec) or Louisiana. （尤指加拿大魁北克或美国路易斯安那州的早期）法国定居者 the habitant farmhouses of old Quebec 魁北克的早期法国定居者农舍。 Example sentencesExamples - Many of the early French habitants established small farms.
- When tobacco prices dropped, Chesapeake planters suffered; when French subsidies lagged or European fashions changed, Quebec habitants descended toward subsistence.
- These habitants were the first French Canadians.
- In 1713, when Britain acquired Acadia, they were some 2,300 French habitants living on seigneuries, under the manorial system which France established in her colonies.
- The lives of many French North American habitants were disrupted by eighteenth-century geopolitical changes, but none more than the Acadians.
Synonyms settler, colonizer, colonial, frontiersman, frontierswoman, pioneer
OriginLate Middle English (in sense 1): from Old French, from habiter, from Latin habitare 'inhabit'. Definition of habitant in US English: habitantnoun 1archaic An inhabitant. 〈古〉居住者，居民 Example sentencesExamples - It is not surprising that with this attitude towards dark-skinned people, many North Africans do not consider themselves blacks and look down on habitants of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- The company is responsible for treating all the waste water of a city with over 16 million habitants.
- The in habitants of the camp were busy as usual, constantly bustling about.
- The country dwellers and habitants of market towns and traditional villages keep away from the large towns and cities unless absolutely necessary.
- This being the case, those habitants of areas outside the golden southwestern sphere are entirely reliant upon their own vehicles.
Synonyms inhabitant, resident, townsman, townswoman, native, local 2often as modifier An early French settler in Canada (especially Quebec) or Louisiana. （尤指加拿大魁北克或美国路易斯安那州的早期）法国定居者 the habitant farmhouses of old Quebec 魁北克的早期法国定居者农舍。 Example sentencesExamples - The lives of many French North American habitants were disrupted by eighteenth-century geopolitical changes, but none more than the Acadians.
- In 1713, when Britain acquired Acadia, they were some 2,300 French habitants living on seigneuries, under the manorial system which France established in her colonies.
- Many of the early French habitants established small farms.
- These habitants were the first French Canadians.
- When tobacco prices dropped, Chesapeake planters suffered; when French subsidies lagged or European fashions changed, Quebec habitants descended toward subsistence.
Synonyms settler, colonizer, colonial, frontiersman, frontierswoman, pioneer
OriginLate Middle English (in habitant (sense 1)): from Old French, from habiter, from Latin habitare ‘inhabit’. |