habitant

Example Sentences

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France consumes about 2.2 pounds of mustard a year per habitant, making it the world’s largest consumer.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2022

In old Quebec Province, the conservative, independent, devoutly Catholic habitant had developed his own culture on his farms.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the door suddenly open to new opportunities, the church-oriented conservative rural habitant rapidly evolved into the secular, outgoing urban Quebecois, with typically North American tastes for big cars, color-television sets and le rock.

From Time Magazine Archive

The habitant calls it the "victory in the cradle."

From Time Magazine Archive

An ordinance forbade any habitant to possess more than two mares and one colt.

From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon