householder

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

cabeza de familia

amo

Sinónimos

family man

homeowner

houseowner

master of a house

landlord

family head

owner of the house

host

laity

layman

married man

Traducciones

propriétaire

padrone di casa

Haushautsvorstand

occupant

proprietario di casa

المستأجر

chefe de família

amo de la casa

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: housholdere

In summary

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