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occupant

oc·cu·pant

UK/ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/ US/ˈɑ.kjə.pənt/ uncommon

noun

1.

someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

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

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