Ten·ant n.
1. Law One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from --Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.
2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. “Sweet tenants of this grove.”
The hhappy tenant of your shade. --Cowley.
The sister tenants of the middle deep. --Byron.
Tenant in capite
Tenant in common. See under Common.