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home boarder

home boarder noun: a child living at home but attending a school where other students board; a day boy.

Noun

home boarder (plural home boarders)

  1. A child living at home but attending a school where other students board; a day boy.
    • He went first to Soho Academy, and as a home boarder at Westminster School he distinguished himself academically.2003, Elizabeth R. Lambert, Edmund Burke of Beaconsfield, page 93

Forms of home boarder

pluralhome boarders

Questions about home boarder

What does home boarder mean?
Home boarder means a child living at home but attending a school where other students board; a day boy.
What part of speech is home boarder?
Home boarder is a noun.
What is the plural of home boarder?
The plural of home boarder is home boarders.

Words near home boarder in the dictionary

  1. home bases
  2. home birth
  3. home birthed
  4. home birthing
  5. home births
  6. home boarder
  7. home boarders
  8. home bodies
  9. home body
  10. home brew
  11. home care

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