householder
Meaning
- The owner of a house.
- The head of a household.
- (Hinduism) A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.
Synonyms
master of a house
family head
owner of the house
married man
Translations
propriétaire
cabeza de familia
المستأجر
chefe de família
proprietario di casa
amo de la casa
HaushautsvorstandPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/
Etymology
In summary
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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