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   tenant

   /ˈtɛnənt/

   noun

   • 1. a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord: "council-house tenants"
   • ▪ a person in possession of real property by any right or title.

   verb

   • 1. occupy (property) as a tenant: "the house was tenanted by his cousin"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘holding’, present participle of tenir, from Latin tenere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tenantless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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