tenant /ˈtɛ.nənt/noun 6verb 2forms 3 noun6 •One who holds a lease (a tenancy).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. — 1945 •One who has possession of any place.sweet tenants of this grove — 1782 •One who owns real estate other than via allodial title. •(historical) One who holds a feudal tenure in real property. •Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application. •Misconstruction of tenet. verb2 •To hold as, or be, a tenant. •To inhabit.His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps. — 1814 formstenanted · tenanting · tenants
