Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who occupies an office or a position.

    I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position

    occupant of the Oval Office

    Besatzer, Besatzerin, Okkupant

    оккупа́нтokkupánt, оккупа́нткаokkupántka

    окупа́нтokupánt, окупа́нткаokupántka

  2. A person who occupies a place.

    someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

  3. A person who occupies a place.

    A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.

    пассажи́рpassažír, пассажи́ркаpassažírka

  4. The owner or tenant of a property.

    Bewohner, Bewohnerin

    жиле́цžiléc, квартира́нтkvartiránt, квартира́нткаkvartirántka

Examples

15 sentences
  1. The occupants are complaining.

    Мешканці скаржаться.

    deDie Bewohner beklagen sich.

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  2. Some of the occupants aren't paying.

    deEinige Bewohner zahlen nicht.

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  3. Santiago is the occupant of the apartment.

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  4. The occupants of the boat were all men.

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  5. Gabor wasn't the only occupant of that house.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who occupies an office or a position:
Русский
By meaning 3
person who occupies an office or a position:
person sitting in a vehicle:
owner or tenant:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who occupies an office or a position:
owner or tenant:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, oc

Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, occupantis (present participle of occupō). By surface analysis, occupy + -ant.

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Forms

plural: occupants
Singularoccupant
Pluraloccupants

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there:residentoccupier

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
occupant — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto