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tenant.

One who holds a lease (a tenancy).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɛ.nənt/
  1. One who holds a lease (a tenancy).

  2. One who has possession of any place.

    broadly
  3. Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

    multi-tenant hosting
  4. One who holds a feudal tenure in real property.

    historical
  5. One who owns real estate other than via allodial title.

    broadly
Where this word comes from

From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).

verb/ˈtɛ.nənt/
  1. To hold as, or be, a tenant.

  2. To inhabit.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).

noun
  1. Misconstruction of tenet.

    alt-of · misconstruction
Where this word comes from

Possibly just a modification of tenet, but note obsolete tenent (“tenet”).

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