occupant:
(also ‘resident‘; plural: ‘occupants‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘o’ rhymes with the letter ‘o’ in “pot” and the letters ‘cc’ are said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
occupants of a piece of land, either own it or work on it
a person who stays/lives at a place, especially in a house or a building; inhabitant;
a tenant; user; inmate; a person who is already in a place, room, chair or seat;
a person who by legal rights takes over and lives in a place which was not owned by anybody before,
occupants of a house
The previous occupant of my present room was so lazy and left the room in such a dirty condition that I had to spend a whole day cleaning it!
It was quite fortunate that most of the occupants had left the building before the fire broke out.
According to the new municipal regulations, the occupants of the old buildings within the city limits must vacate those building so that the authorities make necessary improvements or pull down those which are hazardous.
