Boarder
/ˈbɔːrdər/noun
A person who pays to live in someone else's home and also pays for meals.
John is a boarder in Mrs. Smith's house.
Often appears as...
- take in a boarder
- boarder agreement
noun
A person who regularly eats meals at a particular place, such as a restaurant or school.
My daughter is a boarder at the local high school, she stays in the dormitory during the week.
Often appears as...
- school boarder
- college boarder
noun
A person who does a particular kind of boarding sport (like snowboarding, skateboarding).
Mike is an expert snowboarder.
Often appears as...
- snow boarder
- surf boarder
noun
A person who pays to live in someone else's home and also pays for meals.
John is a boarder in Mrs. Smith's house.
Often appears as...
- take in a boarder
- boarder agreement
noun
A person who regularly eats meals at a particular place, such as a restaurant or school.
My daughter is a boarder at the local high school, she stays in the dormitory during the week.
Often appears as...
- school boarder
- college boarder
noun
A person who does a particular kind of boarding sport (like snowboarding, skateboarding).
Mike is an expert snowboarder.
Often appears as...
- snow boarder
- surf boarder
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Residential Status
Refers to a living arrangement where someone rents a room in a home with some meals included.
Alicia became a boarder at the Thompsons', so she has a cozy room and breakfast.
Pro Tip 2/3Homely Atmosphere
Often implies a more personal, home-like setting, not a professional rental space.
As a boarder, Peter often joins the family for movie nights.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Boarding can be common in places with housing shortages, or for students and workers.
She's a boarder while attending the university in London.
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An honest look at the...
call him. If you need to take in a boarder to help you pay your mortgage or pay your rent, do it. If you need to get food stamps, get the darn food stamps.
Video examples
How Helicopters Fly PIPE...
but he also may have been the first person to design one of these nope not the wakeboard that thing in the also known as a helicopter and it's not only wake boarders the helicopter pilots are helping out
Video examples
An honest look at the...
call him. If you need to take in a boarder to help you pay your mortgage or pay your rent, do it. If you need to get food stamps, get the darn food stamps.
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Quote examples
Antonin Scalia
American Judge
Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children's schools, or as boarders in their home. They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive.
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W. H. Davies
Welsh Poet
Summer boarders often left clothes behind, and of what use were they to the landladies, for no rag-and-bone man ever called at their houses. The truth of the matter was that in less than a week I was well dressed from head to foot, all of these things being voluntary offerings, when in quest of eatables.
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Prunella Scales
English Actress
In 1940 my mum took a job as under-matron at her old school, which had been evacuated from Eastbourne to Windermere; I got a bursary and spent eight years as a boarder. It was a smashing education; I regret being at a single-sex school, but I had a brother, so knew what guys were.
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Mary Augusta Ward
British Novelist
A modern girls' school, equipped as scores are now equipped throughout the country, was of course not to be found in 1858, when I first became a school boarder, or in 1867, when I ceased to be one.
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Maika Monroe
American Actress
I started kite boarding when I was 13. My dad was a kite boarder, and I begged him to teach me until he finally agreed. He made me wait because it can be dangerous.
Quote examples
Antonin Scalia
American Judge
Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children's schools, or as boarders in their home. They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive.
Quote examples
W. H. Davies
Welsh Poet
Summer boarders often left clothes behind, and of what use were they to the landladies, for no rag-and-bone man ever called at their houses. The truth of the matter was that in less than a week I was well dressed from head to foot, all of these things being voluntary offerings, when in quest of eatables.
Quote examples
Prunella Scales
English Actress
In 1940 my mum took a job as under-matron at her old school, which had been evacuated from Eastbourne to Windermere; I got a bursary and spent eight years as a boarder. It was a smashing education; I regret being at a single-sex school, but I had a brother, so knew what guys were.
Quote examples
Mary Augusta Ward
British Novelist
A modern girls' school, equipped as scores are now equipped throughout the country, was of course not to be found in 1858, when I first became a school boarder, or in 1867, when I ceased to be one.
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Maika Monroe
American Actress
I started kite boarding when I was 13. My dad was a kite boarder, and I begged him to teach me until he finally agreed. He made me wait because it can be dangerous.
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