occupant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who occupies an office or a position.

   I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position

2. 2
   noun

   someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

3. 3
   noun

   A person who occupies a place.

4. 4
   noun

   The owner or tenant of a property.

Etymology

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