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Boarder

One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.

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Interloper 76% connected

One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or offici…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intruder 76% connected

One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pupil 76% connected

The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Renter 76% connected

One who rents or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lessee or tenant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tenant 76% connected

One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trespasser 76% connected

One who commits a trespass

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Board 74% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Board 74% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lodge 74% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lodge 74% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lodger 92% connected

One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roomer 92% connected

A lodger.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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