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Terre-tenant

Terre"-ten`ant\, n. [F. terre earth, land + tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold.] (Law) One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant. [Written also ter-tenant.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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