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ha⋅bi⋅tan

  [Fr. a-bee-tahn]
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–noun, plural -tans  [-tahn] .
habitant 2 .
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hab·i·tant   (hāb'ĭ-tənt)   
n.  
  1. An inhabitant.
  2. also ha·bi·tan (ā'bē-täɴ') An inhabitant of French descent living in Canada, especially Quebec, or in Louisiana.

[Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of habiter, to dwell, from Latin habitāre; see habitable.]
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Habitan

Ha`bi`tan"\, n. Same as Habitant, 2.

General met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry. --W. Irwing.
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