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boarder

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board·er 1  (bôrdr, br-)
n.
One who boards, especially:
a. One who pays a stipulated sum in return for regular meals or for meals and lodging.
b. One who goes on board a vessel as part of an assault or military action: repel all boarders.

board·er 2  (bôrdr, br-)
n. Sports
A person who rides a board, such as a snowboard or surfboard, as a sport.

boarder [ˈbɔːdə]
n
1. (Social Science / Education) Brit a pupil who lives at school during term time
2. (Social Science / Education) US a child who lives away from its parents and is cared for by a person or organization receiving payment
3. another word for lodger
4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a person who boards a ship, esp one who forces his way aboard in an attack stand by to repel boarders
5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) (Individual Sports & Recreations / Skiing) Informal a person who takes part in sailboarding or snowboarding
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.boarderboarder - a tenant in someone's house          
renter, tenant - someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
2.boarder - someone who forces their way aboard ship; "stand by to repel boarders"
interloper, intruder, trespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
3.boarder - a pupil who lives at school during term time
school-age child, schoolchild, pupil - a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
Translations
boarder [ˈbɔːdəʳ] N (in house) → huésped(a) m/f (Brit) (Scol) → interno/a m/f

boarder [ˈbɔːrr] n
(= lodger) → pensionnaire mf
(at school)interne mf, pensionnaire mf
board game njeu m de plateau

boarder
n
Pensionsgast m; to take in boardersLeute in Pension nehmen
(Sch) → Internatsschüler(in) m(f); (= weekly boarder) während der Woche im Internat wohnender Schüler (dated, = day boarder) Tagesschüler, der in der Schule zu Mittag isst
(Naut) → Mitglied nteines Enterkommandos

boarder [ˈbɔːdəʳ] npensionante m/f (Scol) → collegiale m/f, convittore/trice
boarder [ˈbɔːdəʳ] npensionante m/f (Scol) → collegiale m/f, convittore/trice

boarder تلميذ داخلي internátní žák kostskoleelev Internatsschüler οικότροφος huésped sisäoppilaitoksen oppilas pensionnaire stanar pensionante 寄宿生 기숙생 kostganger pensjonatgjest (stołujący się) lokator aluno interno пансионер inackordering เด็กประจำ kiracı học sinh nội trú 寄宿生


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But his words were unheeded, no shot was fired, and the last boarder made good his escape and disappeared with the rest into the wood.
He quickly arranged with the Turk that if the latter should find a favourable opportunity for escape before Felix could return to Italy, Safie should remain as a boarder at a convent at Leghorn; and then, quitting the lovely Arabian, he hastened to Paris and delivered himself up to the vengeance of the law, hoping to free De Lacey and Agatha by this proceeding.
Pocket, yet it always appeared to me that by far the best part of the house to have boarded in, would have been the kitchen - always supposing the boarder capable of self-defence, for, before I had been there a week, a neighbouring lady with whom the family were personally unacquainted, wrote in to say that she had seen Millers slapping the baby.
 
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