occupier

/ ˈɒkjʊˌpaɪə /

noun

1. a person who is in possession or occupation of a house or land

2. a person or thing that occupies

Example Sentences

Another 48 shops are being shut as these landlords have decided to take back the leases and find new occupiers instead.

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She later learned that the occupiers had brutalized and executed neighbors in the village she fled.

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In his nightly address, the Ukrainian president said: "Pokrovsk is our priority. We continue to destroy the occupier, and that is what matters most... They must be halted where they have reached - and destroyed there."

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It said that when someone moves into a new home, energy accounts were switched to the "occupier".

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You may be invited to the inquest, along with the site occupier and landowner of where the treasure was found, and given the opportunity to ask questions.

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Related Words

• denizen 
• dweller 
• holder 
• incumbent 
• inhabitant 
• renter 
• resident 
• tenant