boarder
(noun)
noun
1. a tenant in someone's house
Similar word(s): lodger, roomer
Definition categories: person, renter, tenant
2. someone who forces their way aboard ship
- stand by to repel boarders
Definition categories: person, interloper, intruder, trespasser
3. a pupil who lives at school during term time
Definition categories: person, pupil, schoolchild
Sentences with boarder as a noun:
- The student body consisted primarily of boarders, except for a few children belonging to the school staff.
- When I left for college, my parents took on a boarder in my old room to help defray expenses.
- The captain shouted at the crew to grab arms and repel boarders.
- A group of boarders swept past us as we climbed the side of the ski run