[ten-uh
nt] 
| 1. | a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee. |
| 2. | Law. a person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personalty of another, usually for rent. |
| 3. | an occupant or inhabitant of any place. |
| 4. | to hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; inhabit. |
| 5. | to dwell or live (usually fol. by in). |
| ten·ant (těn'ənt) n.
To hold as a tenant or be a tenant. [Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of tenir, to hold, from Latin tenēre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] |