<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A person who escapes, especially from a prison or other place of detention.</li><li>Law: A person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personalty of another, usually for rent.</li><li>An occupant or inhabitant of any place.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; inhabit.</li><li>(used without object) To dwell or live (usually followed by in).</li></ul>