Boarding House Lingo

1 words in this vocabulary list

noun a person who rents a room or rooms in a house from the owner

adjective lodger (used as an adjective to describe something related to a person renting a room)

  • The landlord had to evict the lodger for not paying rent on time.
  • I have a lodger staying in my spare room for a few months.
  • My lodger is a cool dude, we get along really well.
  • His thoughts were like unwelcome lodgers in his mind, refusing to leave.