boarder
NounUS[bawr-der]/ˈbɔrdɚ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)boarders
- a tenant in someone's houseSynonyms: lodgerroomerType of tenant, renter
- someone who forces their way aboard ship“stand by to repel boarders”Type of intruder, interloper
- a pupil who lives at school during term timeType of schoolchild, school-age child
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Board′er (…), noun
1. One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.
2. Nautical One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship. Benjamin J. Totten
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54