occupant
Americannoun
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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.
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a tenant of a house, estate, office, etc.; resident.
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Law.
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an owner through occupancy.
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one who is in actual possession.
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noun
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a person, thing, etc, holding a position or place
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law a person who has possession of something, esp an estate, house, etc; tenant
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law a person who acquires by occupancy the title to something previously without an owner
Other Word Forms
- nonoccupant noun
- preoccupant noun
Etymology
Origin of occupant
1590–1600; < Middle French occupant, present participle of occuper. See occupy, -ant
Example Sentences
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Coastguard officers were stood down from the incident after the occupants of the van were confirmed to be safe and the vehicle was due to be removed.
From BBC
We meet them before we meet Sally and Theo, and whether they are figments or not, they are unmistakably haunting the new occupant who’s writing about them.
From Los Angeles Times
The storied 478-acre Brooklyn burial ground, like many across the U.S., is running out of room for new occupants.
Even the internal control board is covered, plunging the craft's occupants into total darkness.
From Barron's
ICE officers can stop a car and order the occupants out if they have reasonable suspicion that the people inside have violated immigration law.
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