Skip to content

occupier

Today it means: One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another. Full definition →

Middle English occupier ← Middle French occupier

Ask AI about its historyChatGPT Claude Perplexity Google AI Grok

The story

Middle French · derived fromoccupier
Middle English · inherited fromoccupier
English todayoccupier

From Middle English occupier, occupiour, from occupien + -er (equivalent to occupy + -er) or Middle French occupier, occupiour.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.