Occupant

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.

Source: tatoeba (3456232)

In the cities nothing is more surprising to a foreigner than to go from the dust and turmoil of a busy street directly into a rustic yard and the felicity of quiet country life. On one of the busy streets of Tokio I had often passed a low shop, the barred front of which was never opened to traffic, nor was there ever any one present with whom to deal. I used often to peer between the bars; and from the form of the wooden boxes on the step-like shelves within, I knew that the occupant was a dealer in old pottery.

Source: tatoeba (9495243)

Russia is an occupant.

Source: tatoeba (10828196)

One bamboo chair had already been vacated by its occupant; in the other, sat a young English lady.

Source: tatoeba (11651070)