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roomer
noun 2adv 1
Collocations
1PREP.
out
Definitions
noun
1
A person who rents a room.
Near-synonyms: boarder, tenant
She took in two roomers to make ends meet.
2
A residence having the specified number of rooms.
one-roomer
four-roomer
adv
1
At a greater distance; farther off.
The Captaine in a Shippe of warre, is a iollie fellowe, and thinketh himselfe a lyttle God, because hee speaketh prowdlie to the Souldiors, and maketh them quayle at the shaking of his lockes: […] If any be vnrulie, hee casteth him ouerboorde, or if any be fearefull, hee bindes him to the Maste: if hée crie aloofe, the Helmes man dares not goe roomer: and if hée bidde shoote, the gunner dares not but giue fyre.
1607, John Harington (translator), Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, London: John Norton and Simon Waterson, Book 41, stanza 17, p. 343, Yet did the master by all meanes assay, To steare out roomer, or to keepe aloofe, Or at the least to strike sailes if they may, As in such danger was for their behoofe.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a tenant in someone's house
- lodger
- boarder
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Near-synonyms: boarder, tenant
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She took in two roomers to make ends meet.
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Many years ago, while rummaging through cartons in our basement, I found a tattered, coverless copy of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. It had probably been left behind by one of the roomers with whom
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The Captaine in a Shippe of warre, is a iollie fellowe, and thinketh himselfe a lyttle God, because hee speaketh prowdlie to the Souldiors, and maketh them quayle at the shaking of his lockes: […] If
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1607, John Harington (translator), Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, London: John Norton and Simon Waterson, Book 41, stanza 17, p. 343, Yet did the master by all meanes assay, To steare out roomer
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