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
late 16th cent. (in the legal sense 'person who establishes a title'): from French, or from Latin occupant- 'seizing', from the verb occupare