| Pronunciation: | | 'bowrdur
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- [n] a pupil who lives at school during term time
- [n] someone who forces their way aboard ship; "stand by to repel boarders"
- [n] a tenant in someone's house
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| | Synonyms: | | lodger, roomer |
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| | See Also: | | interloper, intruder, pupil, renter, schoolchild, tenant, trespasser |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Board"er\, n.
1. One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and
lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any
kind.
2. (Naut.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an
enemy's ship. --Totten.
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| | Related Terms: | | board-and-roomer, bon vivant, Brillat-Savarin, cannibal, carnivore, connoisseur of food, consumer, diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, feeder, flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronome, glutton, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore, granivore, herbivore, high liver, hungry mouth, lactovegetarian, lessee, lodger, Lucullus, luncher, man-eater, meat-eater, mouth, omnivore, omophagist, pantophagist, paying guest, phytophage, picnicker, plant-eater, predacean, renter, roomer, tenant, transient, transient guest, trencherman, underlessee, vegetarian |
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