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    tenant
    ten‧ant /ˈtenənt/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old French
     Origin: present participle of tenir 'to hold', from Latin tenere; ⇨ tenacious
    someone who lives in a house, room etc and pays rent to the person who owns it ⇨ landlord:
        The desk was left by the previous tenant.