1.
[syn: lodger, boarder, roomer]
2. someone who forces their way aboard ship;
- Example: "stand by to repel boarders"
3. a pupil who lives at school during term time;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Boarder \Board"er\, n.
1. One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and
lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any
kind.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Naut.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an
enemy's ship. --Totten.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
boarder
n 1: a tenant in someone's house [syn: lodger, boarder,
roomer]
2: someone who forces their way aboard ship; "stand by to repel
boarders"
3: a pupil who lives at school during term time