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oc·cu·pant
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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;
<
Middle French
occupant,
present participle of
occuper.
See
occupy
,
-ant
Related forms
non·oc·cu·pant,
noun
pre·oc·cu·pant,
noun
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occupant
(ˈɒkjʊpənt)
—
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
1596, from L. occupantem (nom. occupans), prp. of occupare "to take possession of" (see
occupy
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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