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occupants

occupants is the plural of occupant.

Meaning of occupant

Noun

occupant (plural occupants)

  1. A person who occupies an office or a position.
    • I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position
  2. A person who occupies a place.
    1. A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
  3. 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.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Questions about occupants

What is occupants the plural of?
Occupants is the plural of occupant.

Words near occupants in the dictionary

  1. occupances
  2. occupancies
  3. occupancy
  4. occupant
  5. occupantless
  6. occupants
  7. occupate
  8. occupated
  9. occupates
  10. occupating
  11. occupation

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