Householder
['haʊshəʊldə] or ['haʊsholdɚ]
Definition
(n.) The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.
Editor: Percival
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Master of a family.
Checker: Stella
Examples
- I have as little knowledge of any householders here, as I have intention of fighting a duel with anybody. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I shall require two sureties of fifty pounds each,' said the magistrate aloud, with great dignity, 'and they must be householders, of course. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Fifty pounds each,' whispered Jinks, 'and householders, of course. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These ten-pound householders, now: why ten? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Often householders must relay their pavements and walks because of the damage done by freezing water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Editor: Priscilla