Tenant

//ˈtɛ.nənt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who holds a lease (a tenancy).

    "Long even before the last tenant had occupied it, the room had been regarded with fear and aversion, and the end of that last tenant had in no way lightened the gloom that hung about the place."

  2. 2
    Misconstruction of tenet. alt-of, misconstruction
  3. 3
    someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else wordnet
  4. 4
    One who has possession of any place. broadly

    "c. 1782-1783, William Cowper, Joy in Martyrdom sweet tenants of this grove"

  5. 5
    any occupant who dwells in a place wordnet
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  1. 6
    Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

    "multi-tenant hosting"

  2. 7
    a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) wordnet
  3. 8
    One who holds a feudal tenure in real property. historical
  4. 9
    One who owns real estate other than via allodial title. broadly
Verb
  1. 1
    To hold as, or be, a tenant.
  2. 2
    occupy as a tenant wordnet
  3. 3
    To inhabit. transitive

    "His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).

Etymology 3

Possibly just a modification of tenet, but note obsolete tenent (“tenet”).

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