Alien
Alien noun - A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country.
Occupant
Occupant noun - One who lives permanently in a place.
Usage example: the only occupants of that house are an old lady and her cat
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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In the prank-show Beadle's About, after a housewife discovered an alien spaceship in her garden with it's otherworldly occupant emerging out of it, her first thought was to ask if it wanted a cup of tea?
Source: Spot of Tea -
An intriguing variation occurs in the Zenna Henderson short story "Food to All Flesh": a Catholic priest in a rural parish witnesses a landing spaceship which contains a single, utterly alien occupant which is quickly revealed to be both peaceful and extremely hungry.
Source: Horror Hunger
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