occupant
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/ / /ˈɑ.kjə.pənt/ / /ˈɒk.jə.pənt/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, occupantis (present participle of occupō). By surface analysis, occupy + -ant.
- A person who occupies an office or a position.
“I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position”
“occupant of the Oval Office”
- A person who occupies a place.
- A person who occupies a place.
- The owner or tenant of a property.
“I looked over to the Radley Place, expecting to see its phantom occupant sunning himself in the swing. The swing was empty.”