Definitions for habitant
ˈhæb ɪ tənt; Fr. a biˈtɑ̃; ˈhæb ɪ tənts; Fr. a biˈtɑ̃habi·tant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indwellernoun

   a person who inhabits a particular place

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. habitantnoun

   Inhabitant, dweller.

2. habitantnoun

   a member of habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Habitantnoun

   Dweller; one that lives in any place; inhabitant.

   Etymology: habitant, Fr. habitans, Latin.

   Not to earth are those bright luminaries
   Officious; but to the earth’s habitant:
   And for the heav’n’s wide circuit, let it speak
   The maker’s high magnificence. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Pow’rs celestial to each other’s view
   Stand still confest, though distant far they lie,
   Or habitants of earth, or sea, or sky. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. habitant

   Habitants (French: [abitɑ̃]) were French settlers and the inhabitants of French origin who farmed the land along the two shores of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf in what is the present-day Province of Quebec in Canada. The term was used by the inhabitants themselves and the other classes of French Canadian society from the 17th century up until the early 20th century when the usage of the word declined in favour of the more modern agriculteur (farmer) or producteur agricole (agricultural producer). Habitants in New France were largely defined by a condition on the land, stating that it could be forfeited unless it was cleared within a certain period of time. This condition kept the land from being sold by the seigneur, leading instead to its being sub-granted to peasant farmers, the habitants. When a habitant was granted the title deed to a lot, he had to agree to accept a variety of annual charges and restrictions. Rent was the most important of these and could be set in money, produce or labour. Once this rent was set, it could not be altered, neither due to inflation or time. A habitant was essentially free to develop his land as he wished, with only a few obligations to his seigneur. Likewise, a seigneur did not have many responsibilities towards his habitants. The seigneur was obligated to build a gristmill for his tenants, and they, in turn, were required to grind their grain there and provide the seigneur with one sack of flour out of every 14. The seigneur also had the right to a specific number of days of forced labour by the habitants and could claim rights over fishing, timber and common pastures.Though the demands of the seigneurs became more significant at the end of French rule, they could never obtain enough resources from the rents and fees imposed on the habitants alone to become truly wealthy, nor leave their tenants in poverty. Habitants were free individuals; seigneurs simply owned a "bundle of specific and limited rights over productive activity within that territory". The seigneur – habitant relationship was one where both parties were owners of the land who split the attributes of ownership between them.

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1. habitant

   A habitant is a person who lives or resides in a specific place or dwelling. It refers to an occupant, dweller, or resident of a location. The term is of French origin and was historically used to refer to small scale farmers in New France, now modern-day Quebec in Canada.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Habitantverb

   an inhabitant; a dweller

2. Habitantverb

   an inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural

3. Etymology: [F. habitant. See Habit, v. t.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of habitant in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of habitant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=habitant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Habitant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=habitant
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitant
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/habitant