Occupant

//ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who occupies an office or a position.

    "I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position"

  2. 2
    someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who occupies a place.
  4. 4
    A person who occupies a place.; A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
  5. 5
    The owner or tenant of a property.

Synonyms

All synonyms
occupierresidentaddresseeartist-in-residenceboardercitizen

Example

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"The hair on the back of Tom's neck stood up when he heard a strange sound coming from the room where a previous occupant had been murdered many years before."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, occupantis (present participle of occupō). By surface analysis, occupy + -ant.

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