tenant en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtɛ.nənt/
- tĕnənt
Etymology
From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).
Meanings
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One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
Long even before the last tenant had occupied it, the room had been regarded with fear and aversion, and the end of that last tenant had in no way lightened the gloom that hung about the place.
a. 1945, Arthur Morrison, The Thing in the Upper Room:You are just a tenant here, you say / Living in and out of this life / As cheaply as you can
1982, “The Sitting Room”, in The Sitting Room, performed by Anne Clark:
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(broadly) One who has possession of any place.
c. 1782-1783, William Cowper, Joy in Martyrdom sweet tenants of this grove
the happy tenant of your shade
1647, Abraham Cowley, The Wish:But not in silence pass Calypso's isles, / The sister tenants of the middle deep; [...]
1812, Lord Byron, “Canto II”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XXVIII, page 75:What words are these have fall’n from me? Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single breast, Or sorrow such a changeling be?
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 26:
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Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
multi-tenant hosting
- (historical) One who holds a feudal tenure in real property.
- (broadly) One who owns real estate other than via allodial title.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tennant | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| tennaunt | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| tenants | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tenaunt | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
anchor tenant · nontenant · tenantship · satellite tenant · multitenant · head tenant · untenant · tenant-right · Tenants Harbor · tenant-in-chief · sub-tenant · kindly tenant · tenant at will · nominated tenant · superior tenant · tenantry · tenantless · se-tenant · under-tenant · cotenant · tenant in common · joint tenant · undertenant · ter-tenant · tenancy · tenant farmer · multitenancy · life tenant · terre-tenant · tenant saw · tenantism · lead tenant · tenantlike · tenantable · sitting tenant · protenant
Descendants
Relateds
Synonyms
dweller · renter · leaseholder · occupant · rentee · lessee
Translations (117)
lad kiradjí (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · gl inquilino (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · sv hyresgäst (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · pl lokator (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · eu etxetiar (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · es habitante (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · fa مست (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · fi asukas (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · hy վարձակալ (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · sh stanar (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · gl rendeiro (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · el επικαρπωτής (law: one who holds property) · cs nájemce (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · hu tulajdonos (law: one who holds property) · da beboer (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · ja 小作人 (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · kw gobrenores (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ru съёмщик (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · el ενοικιαστής (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · cmn 房客 (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · io habitero (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · es arrendatario (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · el μισθωτής (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · fi torppari (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · cs nájemník (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · es propietario (law: one who holds property) · no leieboer (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · cmn 房客 (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ca inquilí (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · fi vuokraaja (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · sh станар (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · pl dzierżawca (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ru собственник (law: one who holds property) · eu maizter (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · es residente (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · ar مُسْتَأْجِر (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ru квартиросъёмщик (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · fi vuokramies (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · sv arrendator (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ga tionónta (law: one who holds property) · nl bewoner (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · la inquilīnus (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · de Mieter (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · nl pachter (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · fa مستاجر (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · el νομέας (law: one who holds property) · fi vuokralainen (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ja 借地人 (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · hu bérlő (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ru жиле́ц (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · xal патьрлач (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · de Mieter (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ur کِرایَہ دار (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ru аренда́тор (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · sv hyresgäst (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · is leigutaki (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · cmn 租戶 /租户 (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · nrf locataithe (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · gu ભાડૂત (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · fr occupant (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · gu કિરાયાદાર (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · es inquilino (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · bg со́бственик (law: one who holds property) · de Besitzer (law: one who holds property) · io lokacero (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · fi (kiinteistön) haltija (law: one who holds property) · mi kairīhi (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · de Pächter (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · io habitanto (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · io okupero (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · bg обитател (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · io okupanto (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · ga tionónta (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · tr kiracı (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · hy տնվոր (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · vi chủ sở hữu (law: one who holds property) · da lejer (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · is leigjandi (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · tr sahip (law: one who holds property) · sh stanarka (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · el ένοικος (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · de Eigentümer (law: one who holds property) · io lokacanto (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · tr sakin (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · ru владелец (law: one who holds property) · gl arrendatario (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · cmn 佃戶 /佃户 (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · tr kiracı (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · nl eigenaar (law: one who holds property) · ja 借り主 (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · kw gobrener (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · nb leieboer (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ca llogater (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · la inquilīnus (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · cs vlastník (law: one who holds property) · pl najemca (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · tr müstecir (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · bg наемател (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · es dueño (law: one who holds property) · fr locataire (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · gl caseiro (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · de Bewohner (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · vi người thuê (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · hu lakó (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · km អ្នកជួល (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · sh станарка (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · cy tenant (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · nl huurder (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · ja 賃借人 (law: one who holds property) · uk квартирант (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · pt inquilino (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · ja 賃借人 (law: one who holds property) · bg арендатор (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · is ábúandi (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · ru квартиросъёмщик (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant) · it locatario (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.) · it inquilino (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)