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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
  • The film offers a portrait of a remote Salvadoran village whose inhabitants carry the memory of a massacre during the country’s civil war.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Strip had been largely obliterated in the war between Hamas and Israel, and most of its two million inhabitants were living in tents or in the ruins; images of human misery had flooded screens around the world.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of inhabitant
Noun
  • Every morning, before surfers paddled out, the longtime Venice resident described swells, winds and surf conditions to his followers, becoming for some the town’s trusted surf chronicler.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Are staff members talking about residents in hallways instead of in private areas?
    — Anna Roman, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of resident
Noun
  • The starting materials are usually the officer’s observations and the crash diagram, plus statements from occupants and independent witnesses about who was sitting where and what each person was doing before impact.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The man — the driver and sole occupant of the car — was traveling north on Grand Avenue and veered off the roadway and through a guardrail, authorities said.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupant

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“Habitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitant. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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