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boarder

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: boarder

1
 n
a tenant in someone's house
2
 n
a pupil who lives at school during term time
3
 n
someone who forces their way aboard ship
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: boarder
1

n a tenant in someone's house

Synonyms:
lodger, roomer
Type of:
renter, tenant
someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
2

n a pupil who lives at school during term time

Type of:
pupil, school-age child, schoolchild
a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
3

n someone who forces their way aboard ship

“stand by to repel boarders”
Type of:
interloper, intruder, trespasser
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
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