meaning of tenant
1. 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.
2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
3. To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
4. See Tenon saw, under Tenon.
5. 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 doesnt pay the
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Related Words
tenant | tenant farmer | tenantable | tenanted | tenanting | tenantless | tenantry |
