occupant
A person who occupies an office or a positionA person who occupies an office or a position.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» The occupants are complaining.
Die Bewohner beklagen sich. — brauchinet
Мешканці скаржаться. — deniko
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Examples
15 sentencesThe occupants are complaining.
Мешканці скаржаться. — deniko
deDie Bewohner beklagen sich. — brauchinet
Some of the occupants aren't paying.
deEinige Bewohner zahlen nicht. — brauchinet
Santiago is the occupant of the apartment.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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
A person who occupies a place.
A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
пассажи́рpassažír, пассажи́ркаpassažírka
The owner or tenant of a property.
Bewohner, Bewohnerin
жиле́цžiléc, квартира́нтkvartiránt, квартира́нткаkvartirántka
A person who occupies a place.
- someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, ocBorrowed 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: occupantsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.