Definition of "tenant" in Englisch

noun

1. One who holds a lease (a tenancy).

2. (by extension) One who has possession of any place.

   • c. 1782-1783, William Cowper, Joy in Martyrdom sweet tenants of this grove

3. (computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

   • multi-tenant hosting

4. (chiefly historical) One who holds a feudal tenure in real property.

5. (property law, by extension) One who owns real estate other than via allodial title.

verb

1. To hold as, or be, a tenant.

2. (transitive) To inhabit.

noun

1. Misconstruction of tenet.