Both Uses of
occupant
in
Moby Dick
- Alive or dead a fish is technically fast, when it is connected with an occupied ship or boat, by any medium at all controllable by the occupant or occupants,—a mast, an oar, a nine-inch cable, a telegraph wire, or a strand of cobweb, it is all the same.†
Chpt 88-90
- Alive or dead a fish is technically fast, when it is connected with an occupied ship or boat, by any medium at all controllable by the occupant or occupants,—a mast, an oar, a nine-inch cable, a telegraph wire, or a strand of cobweb, it is all the same.†
Chpt 88-90 *
Definition:
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(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