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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
occupant
    n 1: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged
         period or who was born there [syn: resident, occupant,
         occupier] [ant: nonresident]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Occupant \Oc"cu*pant\, n. [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.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes
         the first possession of a thing that has no owner.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Marston.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
OCCUPANT or OCCUPIER. One who has the actual use or possession of a thing. 
     2. He derives his title of occupancy either by taking possession of a 
thing without an owner, or by purchase, or gift of the thing from the owner, 
or it descends to him by due course of law. 
     3. When the occupiers of a house are entitled to a privilege in 
consequence of such occupation, as to pass along a way, to enjoy a pew, and 
the like, a person who occupies a part of such house, however small, is 
entitled to some right, and cannot be deprived of it. 2 B. & A. 164; S. C. 
Eng. C. L. R. 50; 1 Chit. Pr. 209, 210; 4 Com. Dig. 64; 5 Com. Dig. 199. 



Thesaurus Results for Occupant:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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