occupiernoun
uk/ˈɒk.jə.paɪ.ər/us/ˈɑː.kjə.paɪ.ɚ/occupier noun (LIVING)
[ C ] UK someone who lives or works in a particular room, building, or piece of land, or someone who is using it:
The envelope was simply addressed to "The Occupier".
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People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- brain drain
- bum
- city slicker
- cohabitant
- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- outflow
- overspill
- resident
- roomer
- settler
- son
- squatter
- welcome wagon
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occupier noun (CONTROLLING)
[ C usually plural ] someone who has moved into a place and taken control of it:
The occupiers were driven out after fierce street fighting.
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People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- brain drain
- bum
- city slicker
- cohabitant
- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- outflow
- overspill
- resident
- roomer
- settler
- son
- squatter
- welcome wagon
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