tenant
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
First attested 1325, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt, from Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“‘to hold’”), from Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō (“‘hold, keep’”).
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[edit] Noun
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tenant (plural tenants)
- One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
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- "Long even before the last tenant had occupied it, the room had been regarded with fear and aversion, and the end of that last tenant had in no way lightened the gloom that hung about the place." — The Thing in the Upper Room by Arthur Morrison
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- An occupant.
- (law) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
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one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
law: one who holds property
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[edit] Verb
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to tenant (third-person singular simple present tenants, present participle tenanting, simple past and past participle tenanted)
- To hold as, or be, a tenant.
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to hold as, or be, a tenant
[edit] French
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tenant
- Present participle of tenir.
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of aenntt
- entant
