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

Stocky, earnest Louis Robichaud is the descendant of an habitant who settled in the province in 1609.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 white pony was running as it had not done since it was a colt in lower Canada, and had carried its habitant master in many a race, and won them, too.

From Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 by Various