Dictionary

occupant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɒk.jə.pənt/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈɑ.kjə.pənt/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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
2. A person who occupies a place.
3. A person who occupies a place. ▸ A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
4. The owner or tenant of a property.
   • I looked over to the Radley Place, expecting to see its phantom occupant sunning himself in the swing. The swing was empty. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

occupancy · occupance · nonoccupant · preoccupant · occupantless

Synonyms

occupier

Translations (46)

fr occupant (person sitting in a vehicle) · de Besatzer (person who occupies an office or a position) · fr passager (person sitting in a vehicle) · fi haltija (owner or tenant) · fa صاحب (owner or tenant) · es ocupante (person sitting in a vehicle) · de Bewohnerin (owner or tenant) · de Okkupantin (person who occupies an office or a position) · ru квартира́нт (owner or tenant) · es ocupante (person who occupies an office or a position) · el ένοικος (owner or tenant) · uk окупа́нтка (person who occupies an office or a position) · ru жиле́ц (owner or tenant) · ru оккупа́нт (person who occupies an office or a position) · ka ოკუპანტი (person who occupies an office or a position) · fi matkustaja (person sitting in a vehicle) · uk окупа́нт (person who occupies an office or a position) · cs cestující (person sitting in a vehicle) · es ocupante (owner or tenant) · fi haltija (person who occupies an office or a position) · ru квартира́нтка (owner or tenant) · fi kuljettaja (person sitting in a vehicle) · cs nájemník (owner or tenant) · fi asukas (owner or tenant) · nl bewoner (owner or tenant) · nl inzittende (person sitting in a vehicle) · bg пътник (person sitting in a vehicle) · mi kainoho (owner or tenant) · fa صاحب (person who occupies an office or a position) · el κάτοχος (owner or tenant) · bg обитател (owner or tenant) · fr habitant (owner or tenant) · cs obyvatel (owner or tenant) · ru пассажи́рка (person sitting in a vehicle) · ru пассажи́р (person sitting in a vehicle) · de Bewohner (owner or tenant) · bg жител (owner or tenant) · cs držitel (person who occupies an office or a position) · ru оккупа́нтка (person who occupies an office or a position) · fa مالک (owner or tenant) · az işğalçı (person who occupies an office or a position) · de Okkupant (person who occupies an office or a position) · cs uživatel (owner or tenant) · pt ocupante (person sitting in a vehicle) · fr occupant (person who occupies an office or a position) · de Besatzerin (person who occupies an office or a position)