occupier

C2+ Topic:People & Society

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... occupant tenant resident inhabitant dweller holder

Word family

Related forms occupy occupant occupancy occupation

Etymology

From occupy (from Old French occuper, from Latin occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the agent suffix -er.

occupare Latin capere Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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