occupantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɒk.jə.pənt/us/ˈɑː.kjə.pənt/formala person who lives or works in a room or building:
The previous occupants were an Italian family.
a person who is in a car, room, seat, place, or position:
One of the occupants of the car was slightly injured.
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People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- brain drain
- bum
- city slicker
- cohabitant
- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- outflow
- overspill
- resident
- roomer
- settler
- son
- squatter
- welcome wagon
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