Other forms: lodgers
A lodger is somebody who pays to live in a room in another's house. Take in a lodger, the lodger's room, a live-in lodger.
The legal difference from a tenant matters: a lodger shares space with the owner and has far fewer rights, which cuts both ways. In Britain the rent-a-room scheme lets an owner earn a set amount tax-free from one. Note lodge beneath it.
1nounlodgerSomebody who pays to live in a room in another's house.
“To help pay the mortgage, they took in a lodger, a quiet nurse who works nights.”
lodger is a resident.
Proto-Indo-European
*lewbʰ- (cut off)
Middle English
logge
English
lodge
English, today
lodger
From lodge + -er. lodge comes from Middle English logge. From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“an arbour, a covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“a porch, a gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). a doublet of loggia and lobby.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA