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

The old rocking chair, long a symbol of comfort and repose in every habitant farmhouse, was transformed into a device of frenzy and fatigue in Quebec last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

The habitant women in their dusty-black Sunday clothes still knelt to pray in ancient Chapelle des Augustines.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

She has a little turn-up nose, rosy lips and bright black eyes, and, like most of these habitant women, an abundance of dark hair.

From In the Van; or, The Builders by Price-Brown, John