habitan

American  

[a-bee-tahn] / a biˈtɑ̃ /

noun

habitans plural

1. habitant.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• habitans
  plural

Example Sentences

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habitan habitans

But if it had a repellent effect on the habitan, it exerted a strong attractive force upon other of the passengers.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely

Hence salmon fishermen are universally termed "officers," and a habitan will describe the sportsmen who have rented a certain river as "les officiers de la Moisie" or "les officiers de la Romaine."

From The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Wood, Robert Williams

Even here they could catch sounds of the music from the river parties, for the violin and a young French habitan were almost inseparable.

From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

"That is the assassin, and the woman, too," cried a sturdy habitan.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William

By them, I know, all beauty comes To me, a habitan of slums.

From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh

Near the shore, south of the fort, was a cluster of small houses of French habitans; and farther, in the same direction, was the Indian village.

From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Parkman, Francis

The French habitans about Sandwich and Detroit were in possession of horses in 1793, as well as their fellow countrymen in Lower Canada.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

Here they met a courier whom Colonel Arnold had sent ahead to the valley of the Chaudiere to sound the French habitans, whose humble farms would be the first human abodes reached in Canada.

From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson

Without doubt Andy was the player, ay, and the performer too; for he was dancing a species of quickstep solo, surrounded by a circle of grinning and delighted habitans.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely

Work harder than ever, my dear boy, and set an example of industry to all the lazy habitans in the country.

From The Quality of Mercy by Howells, William Dean