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Noun: boarder  bor-du(r)
  1. A tenant in someone's house
    "The boarder rented a room on the second floor";
    - lodger, roomer [N. Amer]
     
  2. A pupil who lives at school during term time
    "The boarders returned to their dormitories after the holiday break"
     
  3. Someone who forces their way aboard ship
    "stand by to repel boarders"

Sounds like: border

Derived forms: boarders

Type of: interloper, intruder, pupil, renter, school-age child, schoolchild, schoolie [Austral, informal], schoolkid [informal], tenant, trespasser

Encyclopedia: Boarder