occupant
[ ok-yuh-puh nt ]
/ ˈɒk yə pənt /
noun
a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
a tenant of a house, estate, office, etc.; resident.
Law.
- an owner through occupancy.
- one who is in actual possession.
RELATED WORDS
incumbent, dweller, resident, denizen, renter, inhabitant, holder, tenant, lessee, possessor, user, householder, occupier, addressee, indweller, resider
Nearby words
- occultation,
- occulting light,
- occultism,
- occultist,
- occupancy,
- occupation,
- occupation franchise,
- occupation groupings,
- occupation layer,
- occupational
Origin of occupant
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occupant
/ (ˈɒkjʊpənt) /
noun
a person, thing, etc, holding a position or place
law a person who has possession of something, esp an estate, house, etc; tenant
law a person who acquires by occupancy the title to something previously without an owner
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occupant
1590s, "one who takes possession of something having no owner," from Middle French occupant (15c.) or directly from Latin occupantem (nominative occupans), present participle of occupare "to take possession of" (see occupy). Earlier noun form was ocupier (early 14c.).
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