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Antonyms for tenants

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ten-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn ənt

Definition of tenants

Origin :
  • early 14c., "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-French tenaunt (late 13c.), Old French tenant (12c.), noun use of present participle of tenir "to hold," from Latin tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet).
  • noun person who leases a place
Example sentences :
  • During Tuesday the body was viewed by the tenants on the estate, the neighbors and friends.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The tenants and rustics discovered that they were people of importance.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • And I then thought of his generosity to his pretty rustic; and of his kindness to his tenants.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • She remembers, to his advantage, his generosity to his Rosebud and his tenants.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I doubt if any other of his tenants would have recognized him.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Jimphy thinks it's his duty to show himself to the tenants now and again.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The enclosures which had been made by the tenants were of a few acres here and there.
  • Extract from : « The Enclosures in England » by Harriett Bradley
  • The method of compulsion failed to keep the tenants on the land.
  • Extract from : « The Enclosures in England » by Harriett Bradley
  • When a conversation finally did get started, it concerned the building's tenants.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • But here, too, he had been unsuccessful; she complained that her tenants did not pay her.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for tenants

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