occupier C2+ Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈɑkjəpaɪɚ/ UK /ˈɒkjʊpaɪə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who lives in or holds a place, or a force holding occupied territory The occupier of the flat is responsible for paying the council tax. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who lives in or... occupanttenantresidentinhabitantdwellerholder Word family Related forms occupyoccupantoccupancyoccupation Etymology AI details From occupy (from Old French occuper, from Latin occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the agent suffix -er. occupare Latin capere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # occupier **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɑkjəpaɪɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɒkjʊpaɪə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who lives in or holds a place, or a force holding occupied territory ## Examples - The occupier of the flat is responsible for paying the council tax. ## Synonyms - occupant - tenant - resident - inhabitant - dweller - holder ## Related Forms - occupy - occupant - occupancy - occupation ## Roots and Affixes - Root: occupare - Root: capere ## Etymology From occupy (from Old French occuper, from Latin occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the agent suffix -er. ## AI Etymology Occupier is from occupy (from Old French occuper, from Latin occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the agent suffix -er. Important recorded forms include occupare (Latin) and capere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a person who lives in or holds a place, or a force holding occupied territory. The wider family includes related words such as occupy, occupant, occupancy, and occupation. ## Topics - Places & Geography - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown