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occupant

/ˈɑ.kjə.pənt/ noun C1
  1. A person who occupies an office or a position. · I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position· occupant of the Oval Office
  2. A person who occupies a place.
  3. A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
  4. The owner or tenant of a property.

Plural occupants

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It was as if all the dreams, sleeping and waking, of its vivid occupant had taken a visible although unmaterial form and had tapestried the bare room with splendid filmy tissues of rainbow and moonshine.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 161 · C1
I can only claim the merit that I instantly reconsidered my position when, however, it became clear to me that whatever danger threatened an occupant of the room could not come either from the window or the door.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 69 · B2
It might or might not bite the occupant, perhaps she might escape every night for a week, but sooner or later she must fall a victim.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 70 · B2
The metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon its terrible occupant.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 70 · B2

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