Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that resides in or uses a physical space.
- noun One who holds an office, position, or job.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who occupies; an inhabitant; especially, one in actual possession, as a tenant, who has actual possession, in distinction from the landlord, who has legal or constructive possession.
- noun More specifically, in law, one who first takes possession of that which has no legal owner.
- noun A prostitute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.
- noun obsolete A prostitute.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
occupies aplace or aposition . - noun An
owner ortenant of aproperty . - noun A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
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Examples
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President Obama, unlike the former White House occupant, is an adult, capable of honest reflection.
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This issue was recently addressed by David Viano and colleagues, who work at ProBiomechanics LLC, a Michigan firm specializing in occupant kinematics and injury causation, published last month in Traffic Injury Prevention.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Weighing in on In-Car Traffic Injuries 2009
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In a car crash involving a modern vehicle, everything happens before the occupant is even aware of the collision.
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With the Winter Issue comes the opening of a new wing, the HENDERSON LABORATORY, in which one occupant is given free reign to experiment with new and unusual ideas throughout the duration of the season.
Culture Maxine 2009
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In this country, a VP [with the exception of the current occupant] is not a CO-president.
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Every time I see a "pro-life" bumper sticker I wonder if the car's occupant is also prolife when it comes to capital punishment.
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Every time I see a "pro-life" bumper sticker I wonder if the car's occupant is also prolife when it comes to capital punishment.
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I was recently involved in a warrant where the occupant is on disability benefits, £300 per week, rent and council tax paid by yours truly.
Protect, Serve….. then release on bail to re-offend. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Not only that, Obama -- reflecting the agonizing number of economic potholes and his inability to get rid of them -- is increasingly being viewed by Wall Street as a non-achiever, a veritable misfit when it comes to concocting a meaningful plan to revitalize the economy and a likely one-term occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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The story The Voice in the Night, for instance, concerns a couple shipwrecked on an island whose only occupant is a corrupting fungus.
William Hope Hodgson’s The Night Land « Skulls in the Stars 2007
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