occupant
English
/ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/, /ˈɑk.jə.pənt/
noun
Definitions
- A person who occupies an office or a position.
- A person who occupies a place.
- The owner or tenant of a property.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French occupant.
Origin
Middle French
occupant
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- inoccupancy English
- multioccupancy English
- nonoccupant English
- occupancy English
- overoccupancy English
- preoccupancy English
- preoccupant English
- underoccupancy English
- occupant Middle French