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| ar·pent [ aar pN ] (plural ar·pents) |
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unit of land area: in Canada and some parts of the United States where French-settlement influences are still prevalent, especially Louisiana, a unit used to measure land area, approximately equal to 0.4 hectares (0.85 acres.) It was originally a French unit of length.
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