English-Thai Dictionary

occupant

N ผู้ ที่ อาศัย อยู่  ผู้ครอบครอง  resident tenant inhabitant phu-ti-yu-a-sai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OCCUPANT

n. 1. He that occupies or takes possession; he that has possession.
2. In law, one that first takes possession of that which has no legal owner. The right of property, either in wild beasts and fowls, or in land belonging to no person, vests in the first occupant. The property in these cases follows the possession.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OCCUPANT

Oc "cu *pant, n. Etym: [L. occupans, p.pr. of occupare: cf. F.occupant. See Occupy. ]

 

1. One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.

 

Note: This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes the first possession of a thing that has no owner.

 

2. A prostitute. [Obs. ] Marston.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

occupant

oc cu pant |ˈäkyəpənt ˈɑːkjəpənt | ▶noun a person who resides or is present in a house, vehicle, seat, place, etc. , at a given time. • the holder of a position or office: the first occupant of the Oval Office. • Law a person holding property, esp. land, in actual possession. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the legal sense ‘person who establishes a title ’): from French, or from Latin occupant- ‘seizing, ’ from the verb occupare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

occupant

oc ¦cu |pant |ˈɒkjʊp (ə )nt | ▶noun a person who resides or is present in a house, vehicle, seat, etc. , at a given time: the previous occupant of her room | figurative : occupants of the moral high ground. • the holder of a position or office: the first occupant of the Chair of Botany. • Law a person in actual possession of property, especially land. • Law a person who establishes a title by taking possession of something that previously did not have an established owner. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the legal sense ‘person who establishes a title ’): from French, or from Latin occupant- ‘seizing ’, from the verb occupare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

occupant

occupant noun 1 the occupants of the houses: resident, inhabitant, owner, householder, tenant, renter, leaseholder, lessee; addressee, occupier; formal dweller. 2 the first occupant of the post: incumbent, holder.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

occupant

occupant noun resident, inhabitant, owner, householder, tenant, renter, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, boarder, inmate, user; addressee; incumbent, holder; Brit. occupier, owner-occupier; N. Amer. roomer; formal dweller; humorous denizen; rare indweller.

 

French Dictionary

occupant

occupant , ante adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif 1 Qui habite un lieu. 2 Qui occupe un pays, un lieu. nom masculin et féminin 1 Habitant. : Des occupants paisibles. 2 Envahisseur. : Le pays est aux mains d ’occupants syriens.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

occupant

oc cu pant /ɑ́kjəp (ə )nt |ɔ́kjʊ -/名詞 C ｟かたく ｠1 (部屋 家屋の )住人, 居住者 (!必ずしも持ち主とは限らない ) .2 (乗り物の )搭乗者, (その場所にたまたま )いた人 .