lodger
/ˈlɒd͡ʒə/US/ˈlɑd͡ʒɚ/
lodger noun: a person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).
Noun
lodger (plural lodgers)
- A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).
- paying lodger
- family lodger
lodger meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic
lodger in Tamil
- தாவளந்தங்கி, இடந்தங்கி
lodger in Malayalam
- boarder, paying guest, PG
- താത്കാലിക വാടകതാമസക്കാരൻ, വാടകമുറിയിൽ താമസിക്കുന്നവൻ, വാടകയ്ക്കു താമസിക്കുന്നയാൾ, നിശ്ചിത നിരക്കിനു താമസിക്കുന്നയാൾ, അവക്രയി, വാടകക്കാരൻ
lodger in Arabic
- person who lodges in another's house
- مُسْتَأجِر
Examples of lodger in a sentence
- They took in a lodger to help cover the rent.
- The police questioned the lodger after the incident.
Forms of lodger
| plural | lodgers |
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Origin of lodger
From lodge + -er.
Words formed from lodger
Words that rhyme with lodger
Questions about lodger
- What does lodger mean?
- Lodger means a person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).
- What is lodger in Tamil?
- Lodger in Tamil is தாவளந்தங்கி, இடந்தங்கி. See Lodger meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use lodger in a sentence?
- They took in a lodger to help cover the rent.
- What part of speech is lodger?
- Lodger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lodger?
- Lodger is pronounced /ˈlɑd͡ʒɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of lodger?
- The plural of lodger is lodgers.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lodger (page history and authors); lodger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lodger (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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