'Habitant' definitions:
Definition of 'habitant'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Habitant'
From: GCIDE
- Habitant \Hab"it*ant\ (h[a^]b"[i^]t*ant), n. [F. habitant. See Habit, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. An inhabitant; a dweller. --Milton. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [F. pron. [.a]`b[-e]`t[aum]N"] 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]