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Webster 1913 Edition


Boarder

Board′er

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Noun.
1.
One who has food statedly at another’s table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.
2.
(Naut.)
One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship.
Totten.

Webster 1828 Edition


Boarder

BOARDER

,
Noun.
One who has food or diet and lodging in another's family for a reward.
1.
One who boards a ship in action; one who is selected to board ships.