tenant
noun
[ ˈtɛnənt ]
• a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.
• "council-house tenants"
Similar:
occupant,
resident,
inhabitant,
leaseholder,
lessee,
renter,
holder,
addressee,
lodger,
boarder,
occupier,
sitting tenant,
roomer,
dweller,
feodary,
Opposite:
owner,
freeholder,
tenant
verb
• occupy (property) as a tenant.
• "the house was tenanted by his cousin"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘holding’, present participle of tenir, from Latin tenere .
