boarder

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boarder

one who pays a stipulated amount for meals and lodging: My boarder will be leaving at the end of the month.

Not to be confused with:

border – the part of an area that forms its outer boundary; the line that separates one area, state, or country from another; periphery: They are building a fence along the border.

board·er

(bôr′dər)

1. One who boards, especially:

a. One who pays a stipulated sum in return for regular meals or for meals and lodging.

b. One who goes on board a vessel as part of an assault or military action.

2. A person who rides a board, such as a snowboard or surfboard, as a sport.

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boarder

(ˈbɔːdə)

1. (Education) Brit a pupil who lives at school during term time

2. (Education) US a child who lives away from its parents and is cared for by a person or organization receiving payment

3. another word for lodger

4. (Nautical Terms) a person who boards a ship, esp one who forces his way aboard in an attack: stand by to repel boarders.

5. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) informal a person who takes part in sailboarding or snowboarding

6. (Skiing) informal a person who takes part in sailboarding or snowboarding

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

board•er

(ˈbɔr dər, ˈboʊr-)

n.

a person, esp. a lodger, who is supplied with regular meals.

[1520–30]

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Noun	1.	boarder - a tenant in someone's house lodger, roomer renter, tenant - someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
	2.	boarder - someone who forces their way aboard ship; "stand by to repel boarders" interloper, intruder, trespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
	3.	boarder - a pupil who lives at school during term time school-age child, schoolchild, pupil - a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

Translations

تَلْمِيذ دَاخِلِيّنَزيل

internátní žákstrávník

kostskoleelevpensionær

Internatsschüler Kostgänger

οικότροφος

abordador huésped interno

sisäoppilaitoksen oppilas

pensionnaire

učenik u internatu

bennlakólakó

pensionante chi abborda chi va all'arrembaggio collegiale

寄宿生

기숙생

kostganger

kostskoleelev pensjonær pensjonatgjest

(stołujący się) lokator

aluno interno

пансионер

stravník

gost v penzionuinternatski gojenec

inackordering

เด็กประจำ

pansiyoner yatılı

học sinh nội trú

寄宿生寄宿者搭伙者

boarder

[ˈbɔːdəʳ] N (in house) → huésped(a) m/f (Brit) (Scol) → interno/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

boarder

[ˈbɔː^rdə^r] n

(= lodger) → pensionnaire mf

(at school) → interne mf, pensionnaire mfboard game n → jeu m de plateau

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

boarder

→ Pensionsgast m; to take in boarders → Leute in Pension nehmen

(Sch) → Internatsschüler(in) m(f); (= weekly boarder) während der Woche im Internat wohnender Schüler (dated, = day boarder) Tagesschüler, der in der Schule zu Mittag isst

(Naut) → Mitglied nt → eines Enterkommandos

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

boarder

[ˈbɔːdəʳ] n → pensionante m/f (Scol) → collegiale m/f, convittore/trice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

board

(boːd) noun

1. a strip of timber. The floorboards of the old house were rotten.

2. a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose. notice-board; chessboard.

3. meals. board and lodging.

4. an official group of persons administering an organization etc. the board of directors.

verb

1. to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc). This is where we board the bus.

2. to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house). He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.

ˈboarder noun

a person who temporarily lives, and takes his meals, in someone else's house.

ˈboarding-house noun

a house where people live and take meals as paying guests.

ˈboarding-school noun

a school which provides accommodation and food as well as instruction.

across the board adjective (etc) applying in all cases: They were awarded wage increases across the board; ()

an across-the-board increase.

go by the board

to be abandoned. All my plans went by the board when I lost my job.

boarder

→ تَلْمِيذ دَاخِلِيّ internátní žák kostskoleelev Internatsschüler οικότροφος huésped, interno sisäoppilaitoksen oppilas pensionnaire učenik u internatu pensionante 寄宿生 기숙생 kostganger pensjonatgjest (stołujący się) lokator aluno interno пансионер inackordering เด็กประจำ yatılı học sinh nội trú 寄宿生

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The door was just going to be closed in consequence, when an inquisitive boarder, who had been peeping between the hinges, set up a fearful screaming, which called back the cook and housemaid, and all the more adventurous, in no time.

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There is very little amusement in the cloister, and the good superior was eager to make the acquaintance of her new boarder.

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Is it not bad enough that one of these people come courting my Ettie, and that I dare not turn him down, but that I should have another for my boarder? Yes, indeed, you shall not sleep here after to-night!"

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But his words were unheeded, no shot was fired, and the last boarder made good his escape and disappeared with the rest into the wood.

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"But a boarder at fifteen francs is always interesting."

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"I'm on my way to see Leslie and ask her if she'll take a boarder," Miss Cornelia resumed.

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`Have you heard of the mysterious death of your late boarder Mr.

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Miss Smith, and Miss Bickerton, another parlour boarder at Mrs.

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He quickly arranged with the Turk that if the latter should find a favourable opportunity for escape before Felix could return to Italy, Safie should remain as a boarder at a convent at Leghorn; and then, quitting the lovely Arabian, he hastened to Paris and delivered himself up to the vengeance of the law, hoping to free De Lacey and Agatha by this proceeding.

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A group of boarders were seated on the high stoop upon round, flat mats like German pancakes.

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apparently, by the boarders, where the table-cloths were red-and-white-checkered, and the population, who seemed to have known one another intimately for years, rose up at midnight to make Welsh rare-bits if it felt hungry.

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They're so big that people living in them have to take boarders just to fill up.