4
possessor(noun, person, owner, possessor)
4
resider(noun, person)
3
holder(noun, person, possessor)
3
liver
3
native(noun, inhabitant)
3
owner
3
patron(noun, tenant, lodger, paying passenger)
3
paying guest(noun, expression, idiom, inhabitant, tenant)
3
rider
3
roomer(noun, tenant, resident, lodger, renter)
3
squatter
2
indweller(noun, person, inhabitant)
2
inhabiter
2
locum tenens(expression, idiom, inhabitant)
2
resident physician(expression, idiom)
2
residentiary
2
sojourner
2
tenant for life(expression, idiom, possessor)
2
underlessee
1
aboriginal(noun, inhabitant)
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