habitant
One who resides
A habitant is someone who inhabits a place—a resident or dweller.
The word is somewhat formal or literary in general use: the habitants of the remote valley.
In Canadian English, habitant specifically refers to a French settler in Canada or their descendants, particularly farmers in Quebec during the colonial period.
One who resides somewhere
- occupantOne dwelling within
- denizenOne who inhabits
- householderHome's primary resident
- localOf this area
townsfolk · villager · citizen · urbanite · suburbanite · countryman · native · homeowner
Person inhabiting new territory
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
immigrant · newcomer · founder · squatter · planter · seigneury · New France · Québécois
Indigenous to a place
- autochthonousOriginating where found
- nativeOriginating from a place
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- tribalOf a clan
traditional · endemic · precolonial · original · ancient · hereditary · folk · customary
Residential area nearby
- villageSmall rural community
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- hamletTiny rural settlement
- communeShared-living community
parish · settlement · borough · district · populace · population · collectivity · society
dweller
One who resides somewhere
- occupantOne dwelling within
- denizenOne who inhabits
- householderHome's primary resident
local · townsfolk · villager · citizen · urbanite · suburbanite · countryman · native · homeowner · tenant
colonist
Person inhabiting new territory
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
emigrant · immigrant · newcomer · founder · squatter · planter · seigneury · New France · Québécois · French-Canadian
aboriginal
Indigenous to a place
- autochthonousOriginating where found
- nativeOriginating from a place
- ancestralOf one's forebears
tribal · traditional · endemic · precolonial · original · ancient · hereditary · folk · customary · primordial
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
commune · parish · settlement · borough · district · populace · population · collectivity · society · rural
- Canadian HistoryConfederation, Rupert's Land, colonial era, colonial government, self-government
- French CanadaCanadian French, French Canadian, Quebecois, francophone, bilingualism
- Quebec HistoryNew France, Quebec, Champlain, Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Cartier
- feudalismfief, vassal, fealty, homage, lord
- commonerscommoner, commoners, peasant, peasants, common people
habitanttransient
Temporary, soon departing
visitor · tourist · guest · nonresident · traveler
- natural habitatWhere organisms naturally occur
- native habitatOriginal living environment
- grizzly bear habitatRegion supporting large omnivores
- freshwater habitatNon-marine aquatic environment
- wetland habitatWater-saturated ecosystem
- wildlife habitatEnvironment supporting wild species
habitat, inhabitant, inhabitants, habitation, cohabitation, uninhabitable, cohabitant, habitants, cohabitants