boarder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a tenant in someone's house
    lodger; roomer.
  2. noun someone who forces their way aboard ship
    • stand by to repel boarders
  3. noun a pupil who lives at school during term time

WordNet


Board"er noun
Definitions
  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 1913