householder
/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/
householder noun: the owner of a house.
Noun
householder (plural householders)
- The owner of a house.
- Synonyms:
- homeowner
- The head of a household.
- towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
- A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.
Proper noun capitalized: Householder
Householder (plural Householders)
- A surname.
householder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
householder in Hindi
- owner of a house
- गृहस्थ gŕhasth, गृहपति gŕhapti
- head of a household
- गृहस्थ gŕhasth, गृहपति gŕhapti
householder in Tamil
- வீட்டின் உரிமையாளர், வீட்டில் வசிப்பவர், குடும்பத்தலைவன், இல்லாளன்
householder in Marathi
- owner of a house
- गृहस्थ gŕhastha
- head of a household
- गृहस्थ gŕhastha
householder in Urdu
- گھر والا, صاحب خانہ
More languagesFewer languages
- householder in Telugu
- సంసారి saṁsāri, గృహస్థుడు gr̥hasthuḍu, ఇంటాయన iṇṭāyana, గృహపతి gr̥hapati
- householder in Malayalam
- ഗൃഹസ്ഥൻ, ഗൃഹനാഥൻ, ഗൃഹനായകൻ, വീട്ടുകാരൻ
- householder in Kannada
- ಗೃಹಸ್ಥ
- householder in Odia
- ଘରବାଲା gharabālā
- householder in Sanskrit
- गृहपति gṛhapati
Examples of householder in a sentence
- Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi.
- The responsibilities of being a householder should now be passed on to the children,’ she said.
- He measured his actions with a critical eye and was an exemplary citizen and householder.
Synonyms of householder
Forms of householder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | householders |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Householders |
Origin of householder
From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”).
Words formed from householder
Questions about householder
- What does householder mean?
- Householder means the owner of a house.
- What is householder in Hindi?
- Householder in Hindi is गृहस्थ (gŕhasth), गृहपति (gŕhapti). See Householder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is householder?
- Householder can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce householder?
- Householder is pronounced /ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of householder?
- The plural of householder is householders.
Words near householder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: householder (page history and authors); Householder (page history and authors); householder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); householder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఇంటాయన (Telugu) (page history and authors); householder (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); householder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଘରବାଲା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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