homeowner

American  

[hohm-oh-ner] / ˈhoʊmˌoʊ nər /

noun

• homeowners
  plural

1. a person who owns a home.

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homeowner British  

/ ˈhəʊmˌəʊnə /

noun

1. a person who owns the house in which he or she lives

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• home ownership
  noun
• homeownership
  noun
• homeowning
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• homeowners
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of homeowner

First recorded in 1940–45; home + owner

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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Dan says when it comes to emergency planning, "there can be a tendency to catastrophise," but for him, it's about being a "responsible homeowner".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

A Granada Hills homeowner is hoping to help a small crew of deaf construction workers replace thousands of dollars’ worth of power tools that were stolen while they were making repairs to her house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The homeowner didn’t charge him rent, and the truck Buchanan drove was a gift, the woman told agents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Florida homeowner Steele estimated that if Amendment 3 passes, he could save $1,000 in property taxes next year, and $2,000 in 2028.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nicholas, husband and father, homeowner in England, spoke with a soberness so forbidding that it was almost comical.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Cascavilla is one of eight people to put down deposits so far at Desperado, where homeowners will have priority access to booking the wave machines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

“I regularly went to neighborhood council meetings, homeowners association meetings, town halls, county board of supervisors meetings, to the state legislature,” the former member said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

While much has been made about the dearth of millennial homeowners, approximately 55.4 percent of millennials now own their homes, according to Redfin data from 2025.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Back then, many homeowners were holding adjustable-rate mortgages with payments that were ballooning, meaning that they would soon be facing a much higher mortgage payment that they could not afford.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Long Beach Savings, it appeared to Eisman and his partners, specialized in asking homeowners with bad credit and no proof of income to accept floating-rate mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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