Definitions of tenant:

  • noun:   someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
    Example: "The landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
  • noun:   any occupant who dwells in a place
  • noun:   a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
  • verb:   occupy as a tenant
  • name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #39034)