lodger

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US/ˈlɑd͡ʒɚ/UK/ˈlɒd͡ʒə/

noun

A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).

“They took in a paying lodger to help cover the rent.”

Similar
undersitterboarderroomer
OriginEnglish lodge ← Middle English logge ← Old French loge →
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Meanings

nounlodger (plural lodgers)

plural lodgers

  1. A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).

    They took in a paying lodger to help cover the rent.

    1 more example

    The police questioned the lodger after the incident.

    Synonyms: undersitter

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).

Similar
undersitter

More synonyms by meaning

nouna tenant in someone's house

Similar
boarderroomer
Broader
tenantrenter
Also see
bedspacerboarderroomerundersitter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*laubą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*laub
  4. Frankish*laubijā
  5. Early Medieval Latinlaubia
  6. Old Frenchloge
  7. Middle Englishlogge
  8. Englishlodge
  9. Englishlodger

From lodge + -er.

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Translations

Arabic مُسْتَأجِر
  • مُسْتَأجِرperson who lodges in another's house
Bulgarian квартирант
  • квартирант (kvartirant)person who lodges in another's house
Dutch kostganger
  • kostgangerperson who lodges in another's house
Finnish alivuokralainen
  • alivuokralainenperson who lodges in another's house
Hebrew דיר
  • דיר (dayar)person who lodges in another's house
Icelandic leigjandi
  • leigjandiperson who lodges in another's house
Latin inquilīnus
  • inquilīnusperson who lodges in another's house
Polish lokator, lokatorka
  • lokatorperson who lodges in another's house
  • lokatorkaperson who lodges in another's house
  • najemcaperson who lodges in another's house
  • najemczyniperson who lodges in another's house
Russian жилец, квартирант
  • жилец (žilec)person who lodges in another's house
  • квартирант (kvartirant)person who lodges in another's house
  • квартирантка (kvartirantka)person who lodges in another's house
  • постоялец (postojalec)person who lodges in another's house
  • жилица (žilica)person who lodges in another's house
Spanish huésped
  • huéspedperson who lodges in another's house

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lodger

dodgerRodgercodgerbodgersodgertodger
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Anagrams

golderGerold
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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