English Explanatory Dictionary

householder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The owner of a house.
  2. The head of a household.
  3. A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-householder.wav

Word forms

householder householders

Etymology

From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”).

Synonyms

homeowner

Derived words

compound householder householdership nonhouseholder Householder's method
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on H Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary