tenant

n. lodger, occupant, resident; renter; one who possesses lands or property, landlord

v. rent; inhabit, occupy

A leasehold estate is an ownership interest in land in which a lessee or a tenant holds real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord.
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Noun
1. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
(synonym) renter
(hypernym) payer, remunerator
(hyponym) leaseholder, lessee
2. a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
(hypernym) holder, bearer
(hyponym) cotenant
3. any occupant who dwells in a place
(hypernym) resident, occupant, occupier
Verb
1. occupy as a tenant
(hypernym) inhabit, occupy

n. holder, supporter, upholder, adherent

v. hold, keep, have; sustain, convene; fulfil, mind

(v. t.)
To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.