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occupant

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oc⋅cu⋅pant

  [ok-yuh-puhnt]
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–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.
a. an owner through occupancy.
b. one who is in actual possession.
Origin:
1590–1600; < MF occupant, prp. of occuper. See occupy, -ant
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oc·cu·pant   (ŏk'yə-pənt)   
n.  

  1. One that occupies a position or place: the occupant of the honorary professorial chair; the occupants of a beehive.

  2. One who has certain legal rights to or control over the premises occupied; a tenant or owner.

  3. Law One that is the first to take possession of something previously unowned.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

occupant 
1596, from L. occupantem (nom. occupans), prp. of occupare "to take possession of" (see occupy).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: oc·cu·pant
Pronunciation: 'ä-ky&-p&nt
Function: noun
1 : one who occupies a particular place occupant of the car> occupant of the apartment>
2 : one who acquires title by occupancy
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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