householder
- noun
- /ˈhaʊshoʊldər/
- "And I have been for more than two years a householder in Missouri.
- female householder
- requires the householder
So, you know, becoming a father, becoming a householder and, you know, knock, no knock on my, my ex, but she was not spiritual.
- So, you know, becoming a father, becoming a householder and, you know, knock, no knock on my, my ex, but she was not spiritual.
- Elizabeth Bishop, though, presents the cranky householder of privilege, criticizing the seamstress for that very same thoughtfulness and dreaming houseguest.
- A wife, a farmer's wife, a mother, a householder undertaking.
Examples
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Every householder in the neighborhood received a letter about the upcoming community meeting.
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For people in female householder families, poverty rates were at least four times higher than the national average.
Academic text (2004) -
He was a householder with a wife and children.
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And here a householder looks for laborers that he will pay a penny a day.
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Global warming at that time ranked low among householders' concerns.
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The aim was to draw conclusions about the relationships between household flood responses and the householders' larger concerns.
Academic text (1997) -
A sample of householders was surveyed at each site to gauge local levels of public concern.
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You're a householder now.
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To reverse the process, the householder has the task of keeping incompatible recyclables from contaminating each other.
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The householder was responsible for paying all the bills each month.
Synonyms
A person who legally has something like a house or business
A person who owns the house or apartment where they live
A person or animal that lives in a particular place
A person who lives in a house or uses a seat
A person or animal who lives in a certain place
Living in a place as your home
A person who lives in a house or apartment
A person who lives in a home they bought
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Householder is made of house and holder, meaning 'one who holds' or 'keeps' a house, like a 'cardholder' who holds cards. So a householder is the main person who lives in or owns a house and is responsible for it.