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preoccupier

preoccupier noun: a previous occupant.

Noun

preoccupier (plural preoccupiers)

  1. A previous occupant.
    • Like our Preoccupiers, the Antient^([sic]) Britons, the Indians perform all religious Ceremonies and Mysteries in the deepest Retreat of the Woods; […]1746, The London Magazine, and Monthly Chronologer, page 622
    • The surface-ground was in tolerably good heart — it had been used and manured for vegetable crops; but the sub-soil was wholly artificial, the preoccupier of the spot having converted a saw-yard and timber premises into a garden […]1839, John Towers, The Domestic Gardener's Manual, page 154

Forms of preoccupier

pluralpreoccupiers

Questions about preoccupier

What does preoccupier mean?
Preoccupier means a previous occupant.
What part of speech is preoccupier?
Preoccupier is a noun.
What is the plural of preoccupier?
The plural of preoccupier is preoccupiers.

Words near preoccupier in the dictionary

  1. preoccupied
  2. preoccupied name
  3. preoccupied names
  4. preoccupiedly
  5. preoccupiedness
  6. preoccupier
  7. preoccupiers
  8. preoccupies
  9. preoccupy
  10. preoccupying
  11. preoccurrence

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