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householder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The owner of a house.
2. The head of a household.
   • 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:
3. (Hinduism) A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.

Forms

Deriveds

householdership · compound householder · nonhouseholder

Synonyms

homeowner

Translations (34)

sa गृहपति (owner of a house) · ga fear an tí (head of a household) · mr गृहस्थ (head of a household) · el νοικοκυρά (head of a household) · fi isäntä (owner of a house) · bg глава на семейство (head of a household) · mk сто́панин (owner of a house) · hu háztulajdonos (owner of a house) · hi गृहस्थ (head of a household) · mr गृहस्थ (owner of a house) · bg стопанин (owner of a house) · hu családanya (head of a household) · cmn 居士 ((Buddhism) layperson) · hi गृहस्थ (owner of a house) · pdt Hushoola (owner of a house) · mk до́маќин (head of a household) · txb kattāke (owner of a house) · cy perchen tŷ (owner of a house) · mk со́пственик (owner of a house) · sa गृहपति (head of a household) · mk сто́пан (owner of a house) · cmn 房主 (owner of a house) · hi गृहपति (head of a household) · fi perheenpää (head of a household) · el νοικοκύρης (head of a household) · cmn 屋主 (owner of a house) · fi maallikko ((Buddhism) layperson) · hu lakástulajdonos (owner of a house) · de Hausbesitzer (owner of a house) · hu családapa (head of a household) · cmn 戶主 /户主 (head of a household) · hu családfő (head of a household) · hi गृहपति (owner of a house) · ga bean an tí (head of a household)