occupant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: occupant	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occupant n someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there Synonym(s): resident, occupant, occupier Antonym(s): nonresident
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occupant \Oc"cu*pant\, n. [L. occupans, p. pr. of occupare: cf. F. occupant. See {Occupy}.] 1. One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing. Note: This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes the first possession of a thing that has no owner. 2. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Marston.