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occupant 音標拼音: ['ɑkjəpənt] n. 占有者,居住者,占領者 佔有者,居住者,占領者 occupant n 1: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there [ synonym: { resident}, { occupant}, { occupier}] [ ant: { nonresident}] 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] 40 Moby Thesaurus words for " occupant": addressee, artist- in- residence, boarder, denizen, dweller, habitant, hirer, homesteader, house detective, householder, incumbent, inhabitant, inhabiter, inmate, inpatient, intern, leaseholder, lessee, live- in maid, liver, locum tenens, lodger, occupier, owner, paying guest, renter, residencer, resident, resident physician, residentiary, resider, roomer, sojourner, squatter, sublessee, subtenant, tenant, tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, underlesseeOCCUPANT 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. |
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