habitantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhæb.ɪ.tənt//ˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/a person who lives in a particular place:
Last year, there were 130 murders for every 100,000 habitants in the city.
Synonym
inhabitant
a person who arrives, especially from another country, in a new place in order to live there and use the land:
farmland established by the habitants of the St. Lawrence valley
Synonym
settler