occupier
One holding territory
An occupier is someone who occupies a place—either by living or working there, or by taking control of it through force.
A building's occupiers are its tenants or residents.
In military contexts, occupiers are foreign forces controlling conquered territory: The occupiers imposed a curfew.
British legal usage prefers occupier where Americans might say occupant.
One who resides somewhere
- dwellerOne who resides somewhere
- tenantOne who rents property
- householderHome's primary resident
- lodgerRenting occupant of rooms
renter · leaseholder · boarder · flatmate · cohabitant · subtenant · live-in · homeowner
Defeating and seizing control
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
- colonizerOne who occupies foreign land
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- usurperIllegal power seizer
conqueror · imperialist · annexationist · encroacher · oppressor · subjugator · expansionist · foreign rule
Military personnel collectively
- garrisonStationed military force
- soldierArmed forces member
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- regimentColonel-led military unit
platoon · brigade · infantry · barracks · cantonment · fortification · bunker · commander
Person inhabiting new territory
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- squatterUnauthorized building inhabitant
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
immigrant · emigrant · planter · landgrabber · claimant · expatriate · displaced · settlement
Renter's period of residence
- leaseTemporary use contract
- rental agreementContract for temporary occupancy
- evictionForced departure from rental
- adverse possessionClaiming land through occupation
squatter's rights · trespasser · property rights · notice to quit · landlord · housing court
inhabitant
One who resides somewhere
- dwellerOne who resides somewhere
- tenantOne who rents property
- householderHome's primary resident
lodger · renter · leaseholder · boarder · flatmate · cohabitant · subtenant · live-in · homeowner · roomer
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
- colonizerOne who occupies foreign land
- intruderUnauthorized person present
usurper · conqueror · imperialist · annexationist · encroacher · oppressor · subjugator · expansionist · foreign rule · resistance
troops
Military personnel collectively
regiment · platoon · brigade · infantry · barracks · cantonment · fortification · bunker · commander · patrol
colonist
Person inhabiting new territory
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- squatterUnauthorized building inhabitant
frontiersman · immigrant · emigrant · planter · landgrabber · claimant · expatriate · displaced · settlement · encampment
tenancy
Renter's period of residence
- leaseTemporary use contract
- rental agreementContract for temporary occupancy
- evictionForced departure from rental
adverse possession · squatter's rights · trespasser · property rights · notice to quit · landlord · housing court
- occupantsresident, tenant, dweller, inhabitant, lodger
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
- conflict rolescombatant, soldier, enemy, ally, adversary
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
- villainsvillain, antagonists, Darth Vader, evil characters, Joker
- Aggressorsaggressor, attacker, invader, assailant, warmonger
occupierabsentee
One not in attendance
evacuee · non-resident · absentee owner · abandoner · deserter
occupierliberator
One who frees others
resistance fighter · freedom fighter · occupied · native population · indigenous people
occupierabsentee landlord
Property owner elsewhere
landlord · absentee owner · owner · titleholder · lessor
- occupied territoriesRegions under foreign control
- occupied territoryLand under foreign military control
- occupied landRegion under foreign military control
- occupied zoneRegion controlled by invaders
- occupied FranceGerman-controlled wartime territory
- occupied signIndicator someone's inside
preoccupied, occupied, unoccupied, occupies, occupiers, reoccupied, underoccupied