different between habitant vs indweller

English

Etymology

From Old French habitant

Noun

habitant (plural habitants)

1. (Canada) a member of habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies
2. (archaic) Inhabitant, dweller.
   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night

     Myriads of habitants are ever sleeping,

     Or dead, or fled from nameless pestilence!

Catalan

Noun

habitant m (plural habitants)

1. inhabitant

Verb

habitant

1. present participle of habitar

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.bi.t??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: habitants

Verb

habitant

1. present participle of habiter

Noun

habitant m (plural habitants)

1. An inhabitant of some place.
2. (Quebec, derogatory) Someone who has a poor understanding of social conventions, making them look backward.
3. (Quebec, dated or derogatory) Anybody from a rural or recently colonized area.
4. (Canada, historical) A member of the habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
5. (Quebec, colloquial) Montreal Canadiens hockey club or supporter of Montreal Canadiens hockey club.
6. (Louisiana) A farmer.

Synonyms

• (farmer): agriculteur m; (dated) fermier

Usage notes

• Although the term originates as legitimate to describe early French colonists and French Canadian farmers, it has now taken a strong pejorative aspect in Quebec French, and using it without an explicit location would be perceived as pejorative.

Further reading

• “habitant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

habitant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of habit?

Middle French

Noun

habitant m (plural habitans)

1. inhabitant; dweller

Descendants

• French: habitant

English

Etymology

From indwell +? -er or in- +? dweller.

Noun

indweller (plural indwellers)

1. One who dwells in a place; an inhabitant.
   • 1883, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (translator), The Suppliant Maidens of Aeschylus, page 28.

     But I will call the country's indwellers,
     And with soft words th' assembly will persuade,

Related terms

• indwell

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