lodger
part of speech
noun (a lodger, lodgers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who pays to live in a room in someone else's house, often sharing the kitchen and bathroom with the family. tree →
2) (rare) Anyone staying for a time in a place. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, and in stories (especially British ones), a family might «take in a lodger» to earn extra money. It tells the reader the person is not family but lives in the house. Phrases: take in a lodger, have a lodger, a lodger's room.
examples
- We have a lodger who lives in the spare room. tree →
- The lodger pays rent every week. tree →
- Mrs Brown took in a lodger after her children left home. tree →
- Our lodger is a student from Canada. tree →
- The lodger shares our kitchen. tree →
- In the story, the strange lodger never came out of his room. tree →
- My aunt was a lodger when she first moved to London. tree →
- As soon as her work was over the old woman came and sat down with her lodgers. tree →
note
Countable: lodgers. Related: lodge (to stay or to let someone stay), lodging(s) (a room to rent). In American English «roomer» or «boarder» is also used; a boarder usually gets meals too. Different from a tenant, who rents a whole flat or house.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lodger» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.