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occupant.

A person who occupies an office or a position.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɑ.kjə.pənt/General-American, dialectal/ˈɒk.jə.pənt/Canada, dialectal
  1. A person who occupies an office or a position.

    I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position
    occupant of the Oval Office
  2. A person who occupies a place.

  3. A person who occupies a place. A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.

  4. The owner or tenant of a property.

Where this word comes from

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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.