Tenant definition
An example of a tenant is a family who rents an apartment.
Origin of tenant
- Middle English from Old French from present participle of tenir to hold from Latin tenēre ten- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- First attested 1325, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt, from Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold"), from Latin tenÄ“re, present active infinitive of teneō (“hold, keep").
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