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occupant
(äk′yo̵̅o̅ pənt, -yə-)
noun
- a person who occupies a house, post, etc.
- a person who acquires title to anything by occupancy
Origin: < L occupans, prp. of occupare, occupy
See occupant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- One that occupies a position or place: the occupant of the honorary professorial chair; the occupants of a beehive.
- One who has certain legal rights to or control over the premises occupied; a tenant or owner.
- Law One that is the first to take possession of something previously unowned.
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