Householder Meaning
/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe owner of a house.
nounThe head of a household.
Sentence Examples
Is the householder at home?
The householder is responsible for paying the property tax.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ must pay the property tax each year to the city government.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Each ____ in the neighborhood is responsible for keeping their own sidewalk clear.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant"
— 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ must pay the property tax each year to the city government.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Each ____ in the neighborhood is responsible for keeping their own sidewalk clear.