habitans
- plural of habitan.
Example Sentences
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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
When Frontenac was at the fort in September, 1677, he found only four habitans.
From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Parkman, Francis
What I wanted to find, though, was a genuine unadulterated French-Canadian of the class known as the habitans.
From Crowded Out! and Other Sketches by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)
