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occupant

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oc·cu·pant  (ky-pnt)
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.

occupant
Noun
a person occupying a property, position, or place
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.occupantoccupant - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place
Alexandrian - a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)
coaster - a resident of a coastal area
colonial - a resident of a colony
dalesman - a person who lives in the dales of northern England
housemate - someone who resides in the same house with you
inmate - one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
metropolitan - a person who lives in a metropolis
outlier - a person who lives away from his place of work
owner-occupier - an occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in
sojourner - a temporary resident
stater - a resident of a particular state or group of states; "Keystone stater"; "farm staters"
suburbanite - a resident of a suburb
tenant - any occupant who dwells in a place
towner, townsman - a resident of a town or city

occupant
Translations
Spanish occupant [ˈɔkjupənt] n [of house] → inquilino/a; [of boat, car] → ocupante m/f
French occupant [ˈɔkjupənt] noccupant m
German occupant [ˈɔkjupənt] n [of house etc] → Bewohner(in) m(f);
(temporary) [of car] → Insasse m, Insassin f;
the occupant of this table/office → derjenige, der an diesem Tisch sitzt/in diesem Büro arbeitet

Italian occupant [ˈɔkjupənt] noccupante m/f [of boat, car etc] → persona a bordo

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Month after month for the six years in which the "Editor's Study" continued in the keeping of its first occupant, its lesson was more or less stormily delivered, to the exclusion, for the greater part, of other prophecy, but it has not been found well to keep the tempestuous manner along with the fulminant matter in this volume.
The lovely palace had no other occupant, for the Nome King had left her at the entrance, which closed behind her, and in all the magnificent rooms there appeared to be no other person.
Alive or dead a fish is technically fast, when it is connected with an occupied ship or boat, by any medium at all controllable by the occupant or occupants, -- a mast, an oar, a nine-inch cable, a telegraph wire, or a strand of cobweb, it is all the same.
 
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