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   occupant

   /ˈɒkjʊp(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a person who resides or is present in a house, vehicle, seat, etc., at a given time: "the previous occupant of her room"
   • ▪ the holder of a position or office: "the first occupant of the Chair of Botany"
   • ▪ a person in actual possession of property, especially land.
   • ▪ a person who establishes a title by taking possession of something that previously did not have an established owner.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the legal sense ‘person who establishes a title’): from French, or from Latin occupant- ‘seizing’, from the verb occupare.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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