n. 1. An inhabitant. 2. also ha·bi·tan (ă′bē-täɴ) An inhabitant of French ancestry 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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