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occupier

occupier noun: one who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.

Noun (1)

occupier (plural occupiers)

  1. One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.

Noun (2) capitalized: Occupier

Occupier (plural Occupiers)

  1. A proponent or supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement

occupier meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Pashto

occupier in Tamil

குடியிருப்பவர்

occupier in Urdu

one who occupies
قابِض qābiz

occupier in Kannada

ಅನುಭೋಗದಾರ, ಒಕ್ಕಲು

occupier in Pashto

one who occupies
اشغالګر ešǧālgar
More languagesFewer languages
occupier in Arabic
مُحْتَلّ muḥtall
occupier in Persian
اشغالگر ešġâlgar
occupier in Vietnamese
người chiếm giữ

Forms of occupier

pluraloccupiers
pluralOccupiers

Plural of occupier: occupiers

Origin of occupier

From Middle English occupier, occupiour, from occupien + -er (equivalent to occupy + -er) or Middle French occupier, occupiour.

Words formed from occupier

Questions about occupier

What does occupier mean?
Occupier means one who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.
What is occupier in Tamil?
Occupier in Tamil is குடியிருப்பவர். See Occupier meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is occupier?
Occupier is a noun.
What is the plural of occupier?
The plural of occupier is occupiers.

Words near occupier in the dictionary

  1. occupationless
  2. occupations
  3. occupative
  4. occupiable
  5. occupied
  6. occupier
  7. occupiers
  8. occupies
  9. occupiest
  10. occupieth
  11. occupn.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: occupier (page history and authors); Occupier (page history and authors); occupier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occupier (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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