occupant

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/
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/ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/ · /ˈɑ.kjə.pənt/ · /ˈɒk.jə.pənt/

Definition of occupant

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person who occupies an office or a position.
    “I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position”
    “occupant of the Oval Office”
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noun

  1. A person who occupies an office or a position.
    “I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position”
    “occupant of the Oval Office”
  2. A person who occupies a place.
  3. A person who occupies a place.
  4. The owner or tenant of a property.
    “I looked over to the Radley Place, expecting to see its phantom occupant sunning himself in the swing. The swing was empty.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, occupantis (present participle of occupō). By surface analysis, occupy + -ant.

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