habitant

noun

1. (Canada)A member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
2. (archaic)Synonym of inhabitant /dweller.

   “The last dark branches which intercepted his view gave way, and he saw a heap of blackened ruins. Scarcely aware of his own actions, he sprang from his horse. A single glance convinced him it could harbour no human habitant.”

   “Myriads of habitants are ever sleeping, Or dead, or fled from nameless pestilence!”