occupant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who lives in or uses a place such as a house, room, or vehicle.

   The new occupants of the flat repainted every room.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who holds a particular office or position.

   The current occupant of the role has held it for over a decade.

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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