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houseboater

houseboater noun: one who lives in a houseboat.

Noun

houseboater (plural houseboaters)

  1. One who lives in a houseboat.
    • A similar situation unfolded two decades ago in Sausalito, Calif., when houseboaters were inundated with toadfish calls.2008 April 8, Nonny De La Pe, “What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish”, in New York Times

Forms of houseboater

pluralhouseboaters

Origin of houseboater

From houseboat + -er.

Questions about houseboater

What does houseboater mean?
Houseboater means one who lives in a houseboat.
What part of speech is houseboater?
Houseboater is a noun.
What is the plural of houseboater?
The plural of houseboater is houseboaters.

Words near houseboater in the dictionary

  1. houseblessings
  2. housebling
  3. houseblock
  4. houseblocks
  5. houseboat
  6. houseboater
  7. houseboaters
  8. houseboating
  9. houseboats
  10. housebodies
  11. housebody

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