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Webster 1913 Edition
Boarder
Board′er
,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.
1.
One who boards a ship in action; one who is selected to board ships.Definition 2024
boarder
boarder
English
Noun
boarder (plural boarders)
- A pupil who lives at school during term time.
- The student body consisted primarily of boarders, except for a few children belonging to the school staff.
- Someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house rather than a hotel.
- When I left for college, my parents took on a boarder in my old room to help defray expenses.
- (nautical) A sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding her, or one repelling such attempts by an enemy.
- The captain shouted at the crew to grab arms and repel boarders.
- Someone who uses a snowboard
- A group of boarders swept past us as we climbed the side of the ski run
Translations
someone who pays for meals and lodging
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pupil who lives at school during term
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sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding
one who uses snowboard
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