houseboater

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noun

One who lives in a houseboat.

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Meanings

nounhouseboater (plural houseboaters)

plural houseboaters

  1. One who lives in a houseboat.

    A similar situation unfolded two decades ago in Sausalito, Calif., when houseboaters were inundated with toadfish calls.

    2008 April 8, Nonny De La Pe, “What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish”, in New York Times

Origin

From houseboat + -er.

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APA

houseboater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseboater

MLA

“houseboater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseboater. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “houseboater,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseboater.

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