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householder

[hous-hohl-der, -ohl-]

noun

a person who holds title to or occupies a house.

the head of a family.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English housholdere. See house, holder

Related forms

house·hold·er·ship, noun

non·house·hold·er, noun

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householder (ˈhaʊsˌhəʊldə)

—n
	a person who owns or rents a house

'householdership

—n

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"I am a wise fellow, and, which is more, an officer; and, which is more, a householder; and, which is more, as pretty a piece of flesh as any is in Messina; and one that knows the law, go to; and a rich fellow enough, go to; and a fellow that hath had losses; and one that hath two gowns and everything handsome about him."

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