hoarder
pronunciation
How to pronounce hoarder in British English:
UK [hɔ:də(r)]
How to pronounce hoarder in American English:
US [hɔdə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
Word Origin
- hoarder (n.)
- Old English hordere "treasurer," from hoard (n.). As "one who hoards," c. 1500, from hoard (v.).
Example
- 1. Having driven up the price and created a feeling of scarcity , the hoarder can sell the rest at a premium .
- 2. You 're a little concerned that one day , you might become a hoarder .
- 3. Hoarding can have a severe effect on the family of a hoarder .
- 4. Family members who share a home with the hoarder cannot understand why their loved one keeps so many useless things .
- 5. Famine and the hoarder : the role of hoarders as reflected in the memorials of eighteenth-century senior officials .