habitant
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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
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
Stocky, earnest Louis Robichaud is the descendant of an habitant who settled in the province in 1609.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tourists invaded the handicraft shops for carved wooden curios, bright habitant shawls, blankets, hooked rugs, and furs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The jolly, genial, conceited, whimsical, but reliable, habitant.
From In the Van; or, The Builders by John Price-Brown
They segue to a holiday market full of happy European Union habitants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Opponents of the plan say the location lacks the infrastructure for an influx of habitants, and increased land supply in the area in the last few years has made the redevelopment plan unnecessary.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023
Frequent narration kept passengers’ attention amid the consistent beauty, exploring topics like the region’s original, Native habitants, European settlers, and modern-day attractions like Smith Tower.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
Dakota county, where about 84% of the 20,000 habitants are white, has an infection rate of 7,147 per 100,000 – the second-highest per-capita rate in the US.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2020
I didn’t have much time to examine the nest last night, but do think it is possible that the adults were the former habitants of the nest and, therefore, the eaglet’s parents.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
