occupant

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 1.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A person who occupies an office or a position.

   I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position

2. noun A person who occupies a place. A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
3. noun A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
4. noun The owner or tenant of a property.

Similar words

occupier resident proprietor occupation owner incumbent licensee permittee lessee tenant

Often followed by

of was is to and or in had has

Word family

occupancy occupants occupation occupational occupations occupied occupier occupiers occupies occupy