householder

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/

Noun

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householder (plural householders)

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

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