occupant
Use Occupant in a sentence
yə 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.
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| —n | |
| 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 |
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Occupant
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
occupant
1596, from L. occupantem (nom. occupans), prp. of occupare "to take possession of" (see occupy).
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Example sentences
But the office sits sepulchral and empty, its occupant has long since been moved to a secret location.
In other words, the occupant's behaviour is a crucial factor governing the use of energy.
One of the tombs was particularly rich, suggesting that in life its occupant had wielded enormous power.
The only discordant note in the entire house, it seemed, was the occupant herself.
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