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occupant
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
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The second-floor faculty occupant had gone home for Christmas—like one of the boys himself, young Mr. Peabody, a fledgling Math instructor, and a bachelor not likely to improve upon his single status, was what my mother had called a "Nervous Nelly."†
p. 155.4
Owen's excitement with our detective work was intense; he entered every room as if the occupant had not gone home for Christmas, but in all likelihood was hiding under the bed, or in the closet—with an ax.†
p. 158.9
Only when he'd resumed normal breathing did he announce his opinion of the room's occupant—as either happy or unhappy with the academy; as possibly troubled by distant events at home, or in the past.†
p. 159.1 *
Owen would always admit it—when the room's occupant remained a mystery to him.†
p. 159.2
Naturally, the presence of pornography darkened Owen's opinion of each room's occupant; when he lay on the bed with his eyes closed and, at last, expelled his long-held breath, he would say, "NOT HAPPY.†
p. 160.2
When the headmaster's house was finally ready for occupancy, the Rev. Mr. Merrill and his family were moved out of a rather crowded dormitory apartment and into the former headmaster's house on Pine Street.†
p. 333.8

Definitions:

(1) (occupant)
someone who lives in, uses, or is present in a space, vehicle, or position
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)