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
In old Quebec Province, the conservative, independent, devoutly Catholic habitant had developed his own culture on his farms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stocky, earnest Louis Robichaud is the descendant of an habitant who settled in the province in 1609.
From Time Magazine Archive
Metcalfe undoubtedly overestimates the influence of these men, as compared with the church, over the habitant class.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
