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# lodger

noun (a lodger, lodgers)

«lodger» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who pays to live in a room in someone else's house, often sharing the kitchen and bathroom with the family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#m1)
2. (rare) Anyone staying for a time in a place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, and in stories (especially British ones), a family might «take in a lodger» to earn extra money. It tells the reader the person is not family but lives in the house. Phrases: take in a lodger, have a lodger, a lodger's room.

### Examples

- We have a lodger who lives in the spare room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#x1)
- The lodger pays rent every week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#x2)
- Mrs Brown took in a lodger after her children left home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#x3)
- Our lodger is a student from Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#x4)
- The lodger shares our kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#x5)
- In the story, the strange lodger never came out of his room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#x6)
- My aunt was a lodger when she first moved to London. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#x7)
- As soon as her work was over the old woman came and sat down with her lodgers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/#x8)

### Note

Countable: lodgers. Related: lodge (to stay or to let someone stay), lodging(s) (a room to rent). In American English «roomer» or «boarder» is also used; a boarder usually gets meals too. Different from a tenant, who rents a whole flat or house.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lodger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lodger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lodger.html) on Mova free.