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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Occupant \Oc"cu*pant\, noun [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; as, the occupant of the apartment is not at home.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
occupant
noun: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there [syn: {resident}, {occupier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "occupant": addressee, artist-in-residence, boarder, denizen, dweller, habitant, hirer, homesteader, house detective, householder, incumbent, inhabitant, inhabiter, inmate, inpatient, intern, leaseholder, lessee, live-in maid, liver, locum tenens, lodger, occupier, owner, paying guest, renter, residencer, resident, resident physician, residentiary, resider, roomer, sojourner, squatter, sublessee, subtenant, tenant, tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, underlessee
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