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Added 9 October 2026

occupant

/ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/ noun

Latin root: occupāns Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about occupant at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person who occupies an office or a position.
I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position
A person who occupies a place. A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.

Origin

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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