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[ loj-er ] / ˈlɒdʒ ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lodger ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who lives in rented quarters in another's house; roomer. Origin of lodger1250–1300; Middle English loger tent-dweller. See lodge, -er1 Words nearby lodgerlodestone, lodge, lodged, Lodgepole Creek, lodgepole pine, lodger, lodging, lodging house, lodging knee, lodgings, lodging turn Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lodgerIn The Lodger an ominous character paced the floor, which Hitchcock constructed of glass. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Besides this, the lodger who occupies the first floor above me, leaves the house. The Inferno|August Strindberg I'll tell you what, though; my lodger is so black-humored and gloomy, that I believe he'd as soon make that bargain as any other. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXV, June, 1852|Various And I declared myself her boarder, as well as lodger; and dinner-time approaching, was not denied to be the former. Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson
My neighbor's lodger, a young apothecary, poisoned himself because his sweetheart was false to him. The Jews of Barnow|Karl Emil Franzos Her name was Marion Cavendish and it was written over many photographs which stood in silver frames in the lodger's rooms. The Lion and the Unicorn and Other Stories|Richard Harding Davis
British Dictionary definitions for lodger
nouna person who pays rent in return for accommodation in someone else's house Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lodgerlessee, resident, boarder, renter, tenant, roomer |