habitant

noun

Definition of habitantnext
as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place the habitants of Indiana are nicknamed "Hoosiers"

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Recent Examples of habitant Efforts to mitigate the risks include habitant management, detecting and predicting wildlife moments, and keeping the animals away. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 16 July 2026 Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 In Les habitants, Depardon outfits a camper-trailer with mics and cameras and hits the French highways, parking in various locations around the country and inviting a range of people—teenagers and the elderly, single people and couples, parents and children—inside simply to talk. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026 Unlike conventional designs, Cabin of Maze is designed to disorient, challenge, and surprise its habitants though its meandering corridors and passageways. — New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025 Many of Murphy’s encounters have the eerie magic of habitants of two planets getting to know one another. — David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024 Hippo Cove holds up to four hippos, so if one of the females gets pregnant and has a baby, then a current habitant will have to go. — The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024 In many cases this summer, habitants of homeless encampments are having to pick up their belongings and find a new place to pitch their tent. — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
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  1. inhabitant
  2. resident
  3. occupant
Noun
  • Rugged island Flores, located in the southeast of the Indonesian archipelago, is one of a handful of islands in the world’s most populous Muslim nation with a Christian majority, with 80% of its two million inhabitants identifying as Roman Catholic.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Montaukett, the original inhabitants of the Hamptons, were stripped of their land and tribal rights a century ago.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of inhabitant
Noun
  • In the port city of Mokha, residents said rockets hit several buildings, including a hospital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Matthew Unglesbee, a 36-year-old resident of Quincy in southwestern Illinois, was charged with violations related to false information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of resident
Noun
  • Two of the male occupants later returned to the scene, took items from the vehicle and left in a gray Nissan Altima, according to police.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors said two occupants of vehicle were juveniles at the time.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of occupant

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