Word
Tenant
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
ten-ant
Definition
- 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.
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