name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
householder
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AW1 S HH OW2 L D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The owner of a house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homeowner
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The head of a household.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 5
someone who owns a home
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homeowner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: owner, possessor
Narrower terms: weekend warrior
History
Etymology
From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: стопанин (stopanin) — owner of a house
- Chinese Mandarin: 房主 (fángzhǔ) — owner of a house
- Chinese Mandarin: 屋主 (wūzhǔ) — owner of a house
- Finnish: isäntä — owner of a house
- German: Hausbesitzer — owner of a house
- Hindi: गृहस्थ (gŕhasth) — owner of a house
- Hindi: गृहपति (gŕhapti) — owner of a house
- Hungarian: háztulajdonos — owner of a house
- Hungarian: lakástulajdonos — owner of a house
- Macedonian: сто́пан (stópan) — owner of a house
- Macedonian: сто́панин (stópanin) — owner of a house
- Macedonian: со́пственик (sópstvenik) — owner of a house
- Marathi: गृहस्थ (gŕhastha) — owner of a house
- Plautdietsch: Hushoola — owner of a house
- Sanskrit: गृहपति (gṛhapati) — owner of a house
- Tocharian B: kattāke — owner of a house
- Welsh: perchen tŷ — owner of a house
- Bulgarian: глава на семейство (glava na semejstvo) — head of a household
- Chinese Mandarin: 戶主 /户主 (hùzhǔ) — head of a household
- Finnish: perheenpää — head of a household
- Greek: νοικοκύρης (noikokýris) — head of a household
- Greek: νοικοκυρά (noikokyrá) — head of a household
- Hindi: गृहस्थ (gŕhasth) — head of a household
- Hindi: गृहपति (gŕhapti) — head of a household
- Hungarian: családfő — head of a household
- Hungarian: családapa — head of a household
- Hungarian: családanya — head of a household
- Irish: fear an tí — head of a household
- Irish: bean an tí — head of a household
- Macedonian: до́маќин (dómaḱin) — head of a household
- Marathi: गृहस्थ (gŕhastha) — head of a household
- Sanskrit: गृहपति (gṛhapati) — head of a household
- Chinese Mandarin: 居士 (jūshì) — (Buddhism) layperson
- Finnish: maallikko — (Buddhism) layperson
Real reading context