occupant
noun
[ ˈɒkjʊp(ə)nt ]
• a person who resides or is present in a house, vehicle, seat, etc., at a given time.
• "the previous occupant of her room"
Similar:
resident,
inhabitant,
owner,
householder,
tenant,
renter,
leaseholder,
lessee,
lodger,
boarder,
inmate,
user,
addressee,
incumbent,
holder,
occupier,
owner-occupier,
roomer,
dweller,
denizen,
indweller,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the legal sense ‘person who establishes a title’): from French, or from Latin occupant- ‘seizing’, from the verb occupare .
