Occupant (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
  2. a tenant of a house, estate, office, etc.; resident.
  3. Law.
    • an owner through occupancy.
    • one who is in actual possession.
noun
  1. a person, thing, etc, holding a position or place
  2. a person who has possession of something, esp an estate, house, etc; tenant
  3. a person who acquires by occupancy the title to something previously without an owner
Occupant (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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