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tenant

/ˈtɛnənt/

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What does tenant mean?

noun

  1. One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
  2. One who has possession of any place.
  3. Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. One who owns real estate other than via allodial title.
  2. Misconstruction of tenet.
  3. (historical) One who holds a feudal tenure in real property.

verb

  1. To hold as, or be, a tenant.
  2. To inhabit.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈtɛnənt/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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In the pages of books

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“A farmer,” said he, “a tenant of Lord V---, who will probably preside over the bench which will try the affair.”
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
But, indeed, all my birds look upon me as if I were a mere tenant at will, and they were landlords.
James Russell LowellMy Garden AcquaintanceProject Gutenberg ebook #880
More book examples (3)
Why does the tenant no longer acquire through his labor the land which was formerly acquired by the labor of the proprietor?
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
White people are more in evidence here, and farmer and hired labor replace to some extent the absentee landlord and rack-rented tenant.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408
The tenant had gone a day or two before, leaving the rooms empty of furniture, and the key with a Mr Twysden.
Victor MacClureShe Stands AccusedProject Gutenberg ebook #488