occupant

occupant
noun
  1. a person who resides or is present in a house, vehicle, seat, place, etc. at a given time
    居住者;(车辆的)乘坐者;(座位的)占有者;(地方的)占用者
    ■the holder of a position or office
    (职位或官职的)占有者
    the first occupant of the Chair of Botany.
    第一个担任植物学教授的人。
    ■(Law)a person holding property, especially land, in actual possession
    (律)(尤指土地的)实际占有人
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in the legal sense 'person who establishes a title'): from French, or from Latin occupant- 'seizing', from the verb occupare
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