boarder
pronunciation
How to pronounce boarder in British English:
UK [ˈbɔ:də(r)]
How to pronounce boarder in American English:
US [ˈbɔrdə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a tenant in someone's house
- someone who forces their way aboard ship
- a pupil who lives at school during term time
Word Origin
- boarder (n.)
- 1520s, "one who has food and/or lodging at the house of another," agent noun from board (v.), in the "be supplied with food" sense; meaning "one who boards (an enemy's) ships" is from 1769, from a verbal sense derived from board (n.2).
Example
- 1. It struck a glacier in the kashmir region near the indian boarder , a territory claimed by both countries .
- 2. In 1840 the seven-year-old manet was sent as a weekly boarder to a school at vaugirard .
- 3. Standing on the floor , a young boarder named carl was admiring the view .
- 4. She was grinding on him and it was on the boarder line of it almost being a lap dance .
- 5. It was mr. klipspringer , the " boarder . "