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/abitɑ̃/ · noun
(Canada) A member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies..
The last dark branches which intercepted his view gave way, and he saw a heap of blackened ruins. Scarcely aware of his own actions, he sprang from his horse. A single glance convinced him it could harbour no human habitant.
Myriads of habitants are ever sleeping, Or dead, or fled from nameless pestilence!
Use habitant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Habitant means (Canada) A member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies..
Common synonyms include inhabitant /dweller.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The last dark branches which intercepted his view gave way, and he saw a heap of blackened ruins. Scarcely aware of his own actions, he sprang from his horse. A single glance convinced him it could harbour no human habitant.
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