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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
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A person who occupies a place.
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A person who occupies a place.; A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
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The owner or tenant of a property.
- I looked over to the Radley Place, expecting to see its phantom occupant sunning himself in the swing. The swing was empty.
syn. occupier