occupant
noun/ˈɒkjəpənt/
/ˈɑːkjəpənt/
- a person who lives or works in a particular house, room, building, etc.
- All outstanding bills will be paid by the previous occupants.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- original
- current
- present
- …
- a person who is in a vehicle, seat, etc. at a particular time
- The car was badly damaged but the occupants were unhurt.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- original
- current
- present
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Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the legal sense ‘person who establishes a title’): from French, or from Latin occupant- ‘seizing’, from the verb occupare.
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