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Definition of Habitan
1. n. Same as Habitant, 2.
Definition of Habitan
1. a French settler [n -S]
Medical Definition of Habitan
1. Same as Habitant. "General met an emissary . . . Sent . . . To ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry." (W. Irwing) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Habitan
Literary usage of Habitan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Later Prophecies of Isaiah by Joseph Addison Alexander (1847)
"The most satisfactory hypotheses are those of Hitzig and Maurer, the former of
whom makes the phrase mean ad habitan- dum sc. terrain, that the land may be ..."
2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"Among the words of French origin are bagasse, banquette, cache, chute, bodette,
bayou, sault, levee, crevasse, habitan, portage, voyageur. ..."
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