boarder

/'bɔ:də/

Thân thiện

A young boarder unpacks his suitcase in his dormitory room.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A pupil who lives at school during term time: A student who resides at their educational institution, typically sleeping and eating there, rather than commuting daily from home.
   • A tenant in someone's house: A person who pays for lodging and usually meals in a private home.
   • Someone who forces their way aboard a ship: Historically, an attacker attempting to seize a ship by climbing onto its deck.

Usage

• The word "boarder" is used to describe a person whose living situation is defined by paying for accommodation and often meals. It is a countable noun.
• As a historical naval term, it is often used in the fixed phrase "repel boarders."

Examples

• Noun:
  • The school has facilities for over 200 boarders. (This refers to students living at the school.)
  • She took in a boarder to help with the household expenses. (This refers to a lodger renting a room.)
  • The captain shouted, "Stand by to repel boarders!" (This refers to attackers trying to board the ship.)

Advanced Usage

• "Live-in boarder": Emphasizes a boarder who resides full-time within the property.
  • The elderly couple had a live-in boarder who also helped with chores.
• "Day boarder": (Less common) A student who eats meals at school but does not sleep there overnight.

Variants and Related Words

• Board (verb): To receive or provide lodging and meals for payment.
  • She boards students during the school year.
• Boarding (noun): The practice of living at a school or the provision of lodging and meals.
  • Boarding fees are separate from tuition.
• Boarding house (noun): A house where paying guests are provided meals and lodging.
• Lodger (noun): A synonym for a boarder who rents a room, though "lodger" may not always include meals.

Synonyms

• Lodger: A person who rents accommodation in another's house.
• Inmate (archaic): A former term for a person living in a house, especially a school or hospital.
• Resident: A person who lives somewhere permanently or for an extended period.

Related Phrases

• To take in boarders: The action of accepting paying lodgers into one's home.
  • After her husband died, she had to take in boarders to make ends meet.
• Full board: An arrangement where all meals are provided along with lodging.

Idioms

• "Repel boarders!": A historical naval command to fight off attackers attempting to board the ship. Now used figuratively to mean defending against intruders or unwelcome advances.
  • When the journalists surrounded his car, his security detail had to repel boarders.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a pupil who lives at school during term time
2. someone who forces their way aboard ship
   • stand by to repel boarders
3. a tenant in someone's house

Từ đồng nghĩa

• lodger
• roomer