boarder

noun

board·er | \ˈbȯr-dər

plural boarders

Definition of boarder

1 : one that boards especially : one that is provided with regular meals or regular meals and lodging Mrs. Eads was able to rent the upstairs of a house that faced the river. It was evidently large enough for her to take in boarders and so bring in some income. — Henry Petroski

2a : a person who rides a snowboard : snowboarder More and more adult boarders are appearing on the slopes of Western ski resorts …— Ben Davidson

b : a person who rides a skateboard : skateboarder Skateboarding is the fastest-growing extreme sport in the United States, with more than 3 million new boarders taking up sport in 2003.— Michael Lisi

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Synonyms & Antonyms for boarder

Synonyms

lessee, lodger, renter, roomer, tenant

Antonyms

landlord, lessor, letter

Examples of boarder in a Sentence

She decided to take in boarders. Half of the students are boarders.

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The annual tuition at King's Academy runs $36,800 for full boarders, or about nine years of income for the average Jordanian. — Richard Mcgill Murphy, Town & Country, "Desert Prep," 17 Dec. 2012 Italianate in style and faced with orange brick, the rowhouse offered a first-floor storefront with bedrooms above for Jacob and his wife, Maria, two sons, a daughter and boarder, all recorded in the 1910 census. — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, "Collapse: The rise and deadly fall of a Baltimore rowhouse," 12 July 2018 Kim will have some strong competition from other U.S. boarders, including 34-year-old Kelly Clark, who is attending her fifth Olympic Games. — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, "Winter Olympics 2018: What to watch on Day 4, including gold medal finals," 11 Feb. 2018 In 1787, soon after the Revolutionary War, the Alexandria businessman agreed to take on two boarders: George Steptoe Washington and Lawrence Augustine Washington, nephews of the man everyone called the General. — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, "How not being a father made George Washington the father of his country," 16 June 2018 Hiett and Cox are two of the four Team Alabama paddle boarders. — Alexa Philippou, The Seattle Times, "With four athletes aged 14 or younger, Team Alabama’s stand up paddle boarders are the youngest at the Special Olympics USA Games," 3 July 2018 The Once-ler — who’s been ousted by his avaricious family in favor of a boarder — hits the road and stumbles upon the Lorax’s realm near the story’s start. — James Hebert, sandiegouniontribune.com, "At Old Globe, 'The Lorax' brings Dr. Seuss' environmental saga to vivid life," 8 July 2018 But Hawk turned out not to be a businessman in a boarder’s body. — Si.com Staff, SI.com, "How Joey Chestnut Dominates July 4, Tony Hawk's Other Major Talent and More," 6 July 2018 According to the paper, Iorns was an avid paddle boarder who often competed in events and was profiled by National Geographic. — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, "Double-amputee Army veteran dies while paddle boarding," 29 June 2018

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