habitant

Examples

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• HABITANTES DEIXAM VILA...

  Ghost Lake (2004)

• His most recent book on Haitian life, to be published in the fall of 1990 under the title of The Bordeaux Narrative, explores the supernatural world of the backcountry habitant of the early nineteenth century.

  Academic text (1990)

• You've got a little habitants.

  Porgy and Bess (1959)

• Today it is covered by city housing of all kinds, but in the '30s it was green (or brown) peasant country, with small gardens and lime-covered habitant huts all the way up to the high ridge.

  Academic text (1990)

• British travel writers were not only generally enthusiastic about Quebec City, they were by this time inclined to take a positive view of what their predecessors had once found so reprehensible, namely the French-speaking habitants' apparent resistance.

  Academic text (2013)

• As long-time habitants of the village, they knew all the best spots to visit.

• The marine biologist studied the various habitants of the coral reef during her expedition.

Synonyms

O

occupant

vshabitant

62 3.3

A person who lives in a house or uses a seat

usually implies living there generally rather than just temporary use

D

dweller

vshabitant

49 3.2

A person or animal who lives in a certain place

is the broad term for any creature that lives there

D

denizen

vshabitant

19 7.9

A person, animal, or plant that lives in a place

applies specifically to people or animals, not to plants

R

resident

vshabitant

8 2.0

Living in a place as your home

is the general word for any person or animal living in a place

O

occupier

vshabitant

7 4.1

A person who lives in a house or apartment

is about living in a place without stressing long use

A

abider

vshabitant

8.1

A person who lives in a place for a long time

is the neutral term for any living being in a place

I

indweller

vshabitant

9.6

A person or animal that lives in a place

covers all people or animals living in a place generally

Surface Forms

Etymology