All 4 Uses of
occupant
in
Wuthering Heights
- I perceive that people in these regions acquire over people in towns the value that a spider in a dungeon does over a spider in a cottage, to their various occupants; and yet the deepened attraction is not entirely owing to the situation of the looker-on.†
Chpt 7
- Both the room and its occupants, and the scene they gazed on, looked wondrously peaceful.†
Chpt 10 *
- Its occupants had recommenced their angry discussion: Mrs. Linton, at least, was scolding with renewed vigour; Heathcliff had moved to the window, and hung his head, somewhat cowed by her violent rating apparently.†
Chpt 11
- Next morning — bright and cheerful out of doors — stole softened in through the blinds of the silent room, and suffused the couch and its occupant with a mellow, tender glow.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
-
(occupant) one who lives or habitually works in a specific place
or:
someone presently in a room, car, or seat
or:
someone currently holding a position