as in tenant
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
a boarder who paid $100 per week for a room and meals
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Located near the Greek boarder, Heraclea Sintica was founded by Philip II of Macedon between 356 BCE and 339 BCE.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2024
On Winter Street, men and women would likely be absent with erratic and extended work shifts; families and boarders shared spaces and crowded into small rooms.
—Susanna Ashton, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2024
The landlady inherited it from her grandfather, a crane operator at the quarry, and her grandmother, who also took in boarders.
—Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The mass shooting was the city’s worst since 1985, when a woman and her three children were murdered by a boarder who died by suicide.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2024
On Winter Street, men and women would likely be absent with erratic and extended work shifts; families and boarders shared spaces and crowded into small rooms.
—Susanna Ashton, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2024
The landlady inherited it from her grandfather, a crane operator at the quarry, and her grandmother, who also took in boarders.
—Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The mass shooting was the city’s worst since 1985, when a woman and her three children were murdered by a boarder who died by suicide.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
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“Boarder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarder. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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