A tenant is someone who lives in a place owned by someone else, usually paying rent. If you blast your music and let the cat pee in the corner, your landlord will not think that you're a very good tenant.
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
Noun
someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn''t pay the rent"
Noun
any occupant who dwells in a place
Noun
a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
Verb
occupy as a tenant
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.
n.
One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an
occupant.
v. t.
To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Tenant
The hhappy tenant of your shade.
The sister tenants of the middle deep.
Tenant
Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors.
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
To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Usage Examples
I stand before you as the governor of Texas but also stand before you the son of two tenant farmers. Ray Perry who came home after 35 bombing missions over Europe to work his little corner of land out there and Amelia who made sure that my sister Milla and I had everything that we needed, included hand sewing my clothes until I went off to college.
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Other Usage ExamplesI just remember Stella Tenant and me dancing in Donatella Versace's bathtub until like four in the morning. It was one of those 'pinch me' moments.
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