Occupant Meaning
/ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who occupies an office or a position.
nounA person who occupies a place.
Sentence Examples
Russia is an occupant.
Tobias is the upstairs occupant.
Gabor wasn't the only occupant of that house.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the house was the only person home during the storm.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The previous ____ of the apartment had left behind a few small items in one of the closets.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, occupantis (present participle of occupō). By surface analysis, occupy + -ant.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I looked over to the Radley Place, expecting to see its phantom occupant sunning himself in the swing. The swing was empty."
— 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the house was the only person home during the storm.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The previous ____ of the apartment had left behind a few small items in one of the closets.