Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that lodges, especially one who rents and lives in a furnished room.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who lodges; especially, one who lives in a hired room or rooms in the house of another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
lodges in another's house (comparetenant ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tenant in someone's house
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
Wessex Tales 2006
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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.
Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1884
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If you don't want a long-term lodger, consider instead a short-term homestay.
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And she never did understand it until one day she learned that her lodger was the "very young man who had been to the war in the Philippines, and writ about his battles in the Enterprise."
The Adventures of a Boy Reporter Harry Steele Morrison
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However odd he might be, Mrs. Bunting never forgot her lodger was a gentleman.
The Lodger Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907
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Wilson had not been long in the tailor's cottage before Sim seemed to grow uneasy under a fresh anxiety, of which his lodger was the subject.
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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She imagined that her lodger was a young lady who for some reason had run away from her friends.
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"Aw dooant think it does bi 'th' luk on thi, if tha gooas on tha'll be able ta tak a lodger i 'that suit o' clooas, tha'll ha room enuff, -- but tak care o 'thisen, lad."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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The landlady, in her moments of good humor, used to assert her belief that her lodger was a disguised prince; but if this were the case, he was certainly one that had been overtaken by poverty.
Caught in the Net ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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I told him I knew where there was a lady who occasionally admitted an inmate to her house, which was a large one, but she must be satisfied that her lodger is a gentleman.
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