lodger
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈlɑːdʒər/
- UK
- When the landlord raised the rent, the lodger decided to look for a cheaper place to live.
- two lodgers
- three lodgers
- lodgers, including
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Watch on YouTubeWe can say the family is going to take in some lodgers.
- We can say the family is going to take in some lodgers.
- And we know that the lodgers take advantage of the fact that the Samsa family has never had lodgers before, right?
- Yeah, she's a lodger and but there was a specific moment.
- There's a final incident which is not so much about Gregor, but is about the lodgers.
Examples
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Having a lodger helped offset the cost of the mortgage for the homeowner.
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He's a lodger of mine, and a very likely lad he is, too.
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"What does she do for a living, your lodger?" she asked.
Fiction book (1997) -
Tell me about your lodger," I say now, over tea.
Fiction book (1994) -
But now the lodger has come back, with her little girl.
Fiction book (1994) -
And I asked our lodger as well.
Fiction book (1998) -
Just regard me as a lodger, not as a guest.
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Not a word to anyone, Miss Clarke, but we have a lodger, half Italian, half Irish.
Fiction book (1997) -
I just want to get to know my new lodgers.
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Her three male lodgers were all porters in their mid-twenties who worked in the neighborhood.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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1.8
A person who pays to use a house, car, or other property owned by someone else
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3.4
A person who pays to live and eat in another person's house
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6.9
A person who rents a room in another person's house
Antonyms
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lodger comes from the word lodge, which means 'to stay' or 'to live for a short time'. So a lodger is someone who pays to stay in another person's house and usually shares the kitchen and bathroom.