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.†
p. 43.8
- Both the room and its occupants, and the scene they gazed on, looked wondrously peaceful.†
p. 67.9 *
- 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.†
p. 82.7
- 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.†
p. 119.9
Definition:
someone who lives in, uses, or is present in a space, vehicle, or position