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householder.

The owner of a house.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/
  1. The owner of a house.

  2. The head of a household.

  3. A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.

    Hinduism
Where this word comes from

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

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