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occupant

[ ok-yuh-puhnt ]

noun

  1. a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something:

    the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.

  2. a tenant of a house, estate, office, etc.; resident.
  3. Law.
    1. an owner through occupancy.
    2. one who is in actual possession.


occupant

/ ˈɒ°ìÂáÊŠ±èÉ™²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. a person, thing, etc, holding a position or place
  2. law a person who has possession of something, esp an estate, house, etc; tenant
  3. law a person who acquires by occupancy the title to something previously without an owner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ±è°ù±ð·´Ç³¦î€ƒc³Ü·±è²¹²Ô³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of occupant1

1590–1600; < Middle French occupant, present participle of occuper. See occupy, -ant
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The inquest heard Filip and Ms McEnroe were still alive when the Toyota they were travelling in caught fire, while the other two occupants died in the impact.

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Disney is the largest tenant, but Fox executives say they are bullish on finding new occupants.

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Down by the lawn, some of the newest occupants at the Santa Monica complex, called the Water Garden, reclined in Adirondack chairs with books in hand.

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“We are not passing a law for the current occupant of the White House,†Issa said.

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Some former ranch occupants were tricked via promises of security guard jobs and other legitimate work, according to human rights activists and relatives of the missing.

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