occupier

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noun

One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.

Similar
residentoccupant
OriginMiddle English occupier ← Middle French occupier →
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Meanings

occupier1

nounoccupier (plural occupiers)

plural occupiers

  1. One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.

Occupier2

nounOccupier (plural Occupiers)

plural Occupiers

  1. A proponent or supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

Similar
residentoccupant
Broader
inhabitanthabitantdweller
Also see
occupantresident

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchoccupier
  2. Middle Englishoccupier
  3. Englishoccupier

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

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Translations

Arabic مُحْتَلّ
  • مُحْتَلّ (muḥtall)one who occupies
Bulgarian окупа́тор, окупа́торка
  • окупа́тор (okupátor)one who occupies
  • окупа́торка (okupátorka)one who occupies
Chinese Mandarin 佔領者 /占领者
  • 佔領者 /占领者 (zhànlǐngzhě)one who occupies
Czech okupant
  • okupantone who occupies
Danish besætter
  • besætterone who occupies
Dutch bezetter
  • bezetterone who occupies
Estonian okupant
  • okupantone who occupies
Finnish miehittäjä
  • miehittäjäone who occupies
French occupant, occupante
  • occupantone who occupies
  • occupanteone who occupies
German Besatzer, Besatzerin
  • Besatzerone who occupies
  • Besatzerinone who occupies
  • Okkupantone who occupies
  • Okkupantinone who occupies
Italian occupante
  • occupanteone who occupies
Latvian okupants
  • okupantsone who occupies
Lithuanian okupantas
  • okupantasone who occupies
Māori kaiwheta
  • kaiwhetaone who occupies
Norwegian Bokmål okkupant
  • okkupantone who occupies
Persian اشغالگر
  • اشغالگر (ešġâlgar)one who occupies
Polish okupant, okupantka
  • okupantone who occupies
  • okupantkaone who occupies
Portuguese ocupante
  • ocupanteone who occupies
Romanian ocupant, ocupantă
  • ocupantone who occupies
  • ocupantăone who occupies
Russian оккупа́нт, оккупа́нтка
  • оккупа́нт (okkupánt)one who occupies
  • оккупа́нтка (okkupántka)one who occupies
Slovak okupant
  • okupantone who occupies
Swedish ockupant
  • ockupantone who occupies
Turkish işgalci
  • işgalcione who occupies
Ukrainian окупа́нт, окупа́нтка
  • окупа́нт (okupánt)one who occupies
  • окупа́нтка (okupántka)one who occupies
Urdu قابِض
  • قابِض (qābiz)one who occupies
Vietnamese người chiếm giữ
  • người chiếm giữone who occupies
Cite this entry
APA

occupier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupier

MLA

“occupier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupier. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “occupier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupier.

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