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Lodger

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One that lodges, especially one who rents and lives in a furnished room.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who lodges; especially, one who lives in a hired room or rooms in the house of another.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a tenant in someone's house

Word Usage

"However, he consoled himself with what was in truth a rare consolation for a budding lover, that he was under the same roof with Lizzy; her guest, in fact, to take a poetical view of the term lodger; and that he would certainly see her on the morrow."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tenant renter

Cross Reference

lodger franchise

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

roomer dosser

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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