tenant
noun
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
tenantable
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a word derived from
tenant.
Example Sentences
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Therefore Monsieur Schaunard is hereby required to give up possession of the said premises, and to leave them in tenantable repair, before noon on the eighth day of April.
From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henry Murger
No weapon, no matter how ingenious, is of utility in warfare unless it can be relied upon, and no vessel that is not tenantable can be expected to render any service at sea.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various
In 1837, not one third of the public school-houses in Massachusetts would have been considered tenantable by any decent family out of the poor-house or in it.
From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Ira Mayhew
Scarcely had they begun to construct their cabins, when they were surprised by the rigors of an untried climate; their habitations being enveloped in 367 snow before they were tenantable....
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
The shade was not comfortable and within doors those apartments which denied entrance to the sun had to be made tenantable by braziers.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
