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noun
A member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of inhabitant /dweller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: inhabitant /dweller
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person who inhabits a particular place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inhabitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: Asian, Asiatic, European, Australian, Aussie, Austronesian, New Zealander, Kiwi, American, Alsatian, borderer, cottager, cottage dweller, easterner, Galilean, Galilaean, Hittite, islander, island-dweller, landlubber, landsman, landman, Latin, liver, marcher, Nazarene, Northerner, Numidian, Occidental, Philistine, Phrygian, plainsman, resident, occupant, occupier, tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling, Trinidadian, villager, westerner
History
From French habitant.
From Middle English habytaunt, from Middle French habitant. By surface analysis, habit (“to inhabit”) + -ant.
