Lodger (Noun)
Meaning
A tenant in someone's house.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The family took in a lodger to help pay the mortgage on their large house.
- She had been a lodger in the house for three years before the owner decided to sell.
- The lodger was given the small room at the top of the stairs with a view of the garden.
- After graduating from college, he became a lodger in a house shared with three other students.
- The elderly woman had a lodger who helped her with the household chores in exchange for reduced rent.