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View synonyms for lodger

lodger

[ loj-er ]

noun

  1. a person who lives in rented quarters in another's house; roomer.


lodger

/ ˈlɒdʒə /

noun

  1. a 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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lodger1

1250–1300; Middle English loger tent-dweller. See lodge, -er 1
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Example Sentences

In The Lodger an ominous character paced the floor, which Hitchcock constructed of glass.

He might have been an insufferable young man for a poverty-stricken teacher of French to have as a fellow-lodger; but he was not.

No child is to be boarded out in a house where sleeping accommodation is afforded to an adult lodger.

Aunt's lodger, I assure you, will be thoroughly well damned if he takes any stock in Owen.

She could not help talking of the preacher to her grand lodger Mrs. Errington, of whom she was considerably in awe.

As soon as he appeared I stepped forth and introduced myself as the lodger of the residencia.

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