occupier
/ˈɒkjəˌpaɪə/AH-kyuh-pigh-ur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈɑkjəˌpaɪɚ/AH-kyuh-pigh-ur
Meaningone who occupies
Common meaning: a person living in or using a property
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- octowards, againstSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 400 · scan
- cupito grasp, takeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 283 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘towards, against’ + ‘to grasp, take’ → occupier
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from occupy + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), OCCUPY, p.400 · scan
Roots
- capiō, cēpī, captum Latin “to grasp, take”
- occupare Latin “to seize”
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