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ter-tenant

ter-tenant is the alternative form of terre-tenant.

Meaning of terre-tenant

Noun

terre-tenant (plural terre-tenants)

  1. One who has the actual possession of land.
    Synonyms:
    occupant, tenant
  2. The owner of land acquired from a judgment debtor.
  3. The owner of land subject to a rentcharge.

Forms of ter-tenant

pluralter-tenants

Questions about ter-tenant

What is ter-tenant the alternative form of?
Ter-tenant is the alternative form of terre-tenant.

Words near ter-tenant in the dictionary

  1. ter Haar syndrome
  2. Ter Kamerenbos
  3. Ter Sami
  4. ter-
  5. Ter-Petrosyan
  6. ter-tenant
  7. ter-tenants
  8. Tera
  9. tera amp
  10. tera amps
  11. tera-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ter-tenant (page history and authors); terre-tenant (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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