lodger

[ loj-er ]

noun

1. a person who lives in rented quarters in another's house; roomer.

lodger

/ ˈlɒdʒə /

noun

1. a person who pays rent in return for accommodation in someone else's house

Word History and Origins

Origin of lodger¹

1250–1300; Middle English loger tent-dweller. See lodge, -er ¹

Example Sentences

In The Lodger an ominous character paced the floor, which Hitchcock constructed of glass.

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He might have been an insufferable young man for a poverty-stricken teacher of French to have as a fellow-lodger; but he was not.

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No child is to be boarded out in a house where sleeping accommodation is afforded to an adult lodger.

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Aunt's lodger, I assure you, will be thoroughly well damned if he takes any stock in Owen.

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She could not help talking of the preacher to her grand lodger Mrs. Errington, of whom she was considerably in awe.

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As soon as he appeared I stepped forth and introduced myself as the lodger of the residencia.

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