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1. n. One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.
2. n. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
3. v. t. To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
4. n. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
5. n. a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
6. n. any occupant who dwells in a place
7. v. occupy as a tenant
8. One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by anykind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, forlife, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation ortemporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is inanother; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone,under Tenement, 2. Blount. Wharton.
9. n:100 n. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else n. a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) n. any occupant who dwells in a place v. occupy as a tenant