[often as modifier]an early French settler in Canada (especially Quebec) or Louisiana (尤指加拿大魁北克或美国路易斯安那州的早期)法国定居者 the habitant farmhouses of old Quebec. 魁北克的早期法国定居者农舍。
(archaic)an inhabitant (古)居住者,居民
语源
late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French, from habiter, from Latin habitare inhabit