householder

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/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/

noun

The owner of a house.

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homeowner
OriginMiddle English housholdere ← Pali gahapati →
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Meanings

householder1

nounhouseholder (plural householders)

plural householders

  1. The owner of a house.

    Synonyms: homeowner

  2. The head of a household.

    towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant

    1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
  3. HinduismBuddhismA layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.

Householder2

proper nounHouseholder (plural Householders)

plural Householders

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe owner of a house.

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homeowner

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who owns a home

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homeowner
Broader
ownerpossessor
Also see
homeowner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Paligahapati
  2. Middle Englishhousholdere
  3. Englishhouseholder

From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”).

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Translations

Bulgarian стопанин, глава на семейство
  • стопанин (stopanin)owner of a house
  • глава на семейство (glava na semejstvo)head of a household
Chinese Mandarin 房主, 屋主
  • 房主 (fángzhǔ)owner of a house
  • 屋主 (wūzhǔ)owner of a house
  • 戶主 /户主 (hùzhǔ)head of a household
  • 居士 (jūshì)(Buddhism) layperson
Finnish isäntä, perheenpää
  • isäntäowner of a house
  • perheenpäähead of a household
  • maallikko(Buddhism) layperson
German Hausbesitzer
  • Hausbesitzerowner of a house
Greek νοικοκύρης, νοικοκυρά
  • νοικοκύρης (noikokýris)head of a household
  • νοικοκυρά (noikokyrá)head of a household
Hindi गृहस्थ, गृहपति
  • गृहस्थ (gŕhasth)owner of a house
  • गृहपति (gŕhapti)owner of a house
  • गृहस्थ (gŕhasth)head of a household
  • गृहपति (gŕhapti)head of a household
Hungarian háztulajdonos, lakástulajdonos
  • háztulajdonosowner of a house
  • lakástulajdonosowner of a house
  • családfőhead of a household
  • családapahead of a household
  • családanyahead of a household
Irish fear an tí, bean an tí
  • fear an tíhead of a household
  • bean an tíhead of a household
Welsh perchen tŷ
  • perchen tŷowner of a house
Cite this entry
APA

householder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/householder

MLA

“householder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/householder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “householder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/householder.

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