A French Canadian inhabitant or rural farmer, particularly in Quebec; also means any inhabitant or resident.
From French habitant, the present participle of habiter ('to inhabit'), derived from Latin habitare. The term specifically entered English to describe the French Canadian settlers who farmed the St. Lawrence region.
Habitant songs became the folk music of French Canada—they celebrated the hardships and joys of rural life and remain a cultural touchstone that connects modern Quebecers to their 17th-century roots!
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