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habitant [< Cdn F]

• 1 n. a farmer in French Canada, originally a person holding land from a seigneur (def. 1).

  See also: seigneur (def. 1)  

• 2 n. any French Canadian, especially one from rural Quebec.

• 3 n. the dialect or patois spoken by rustic or backwoods French Canadians.

  See also: habitant French  

• 4 n. Local on the southern coast of Labrador, a French-speaking fisherman.