boarder
noun/ˈbɔːdə(r)/
/ˈbɔːrdər/
(especially British English)- a child who lives at school and goes home for the holidays
- boarders and day pupils
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- a person who pays money to live in a room in somebody else’s house synonym lodger
- After her father’s death, her mother took in boarders to bring in extra money.
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