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Antonyms for occupant

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ok-yuh-puh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒk yə pənt

Definition of occupant

Origin :
  • 1590s, "one who takes possession of something having no owner," from Middle French occupant (15c.) or directly from Latin occupantem (nominative occupans), present participle of occupare "to take possession of" (see occupy). Earlier noun form was ocupier (early 14c.).
  • noun person who resides in a place
Example sentences :
  • The pole and the canopy of the hammock tangled inextricably its occupant.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Was the occupant a rat or a skunk, and if so, what was he going to do?
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Neither of the two had been there since its present occupant had had possession of it.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The coffee-room had no other occupant, that forenoon, than the gentleman in brown.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • He had, perhaps, a trifle less respect for the room and its occupant.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The occupant was picked up in a hysterical condition and taken below.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • The occupant of the cottage was sitting in an arm-chair by the fire.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • Bailey, his eyes fixed upon the occupant of the cricket, said nothing.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He recognized the occupant of that buggy long before he himself was recognized.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Instead, she strode toward the rickety chair and its occupant.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for occupant

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