occupant

occupant of the house

the first occupant of the Chair of Botany.

the occupant of the honorary professorial chair; the occupants of a beehive.

The previous occupants had left the house in a terrible mess.

The house was burglarized while its occupants were asleep.

Further adding to occupant safety, frontal impacts are absorbed by crumple zones directed into Y-shaped chassis members and the main understructure – the strongest part of the chassis.