householder

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The owner of a house.
2. The head of a household.
3. (Hinduism) A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.

Sinonieme

family man

homeowner

houseowner

master of a house

landlord

family head

owner of the house

host

laity

layman

married man

Vertalings

padrone di casa

propriétaire

cabeza de familia

occupant

المستأجر

chefe de família

amo

proprietario di casa

amo de la casa

Haushautsvorstand

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: housholdere

In summary

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