as in tenant
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
the new owners took in roomers to help pay for the house
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Noun
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Serendipitously, Owsley would appear one day at the door, to chat up a female tenant who was renting a room from Scully.—
John Semley,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025 -
Also in August, a former Independence Towers tenant and a former tenant of the nearby Stonybrook East apartment complex sued FTW and its partners, citing poor conditions and retaliation.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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To avoid disputes and to enable positive communication, agreements should be signed between lodgers and landlords.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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To avoid disputes and to enable positive communication, agreements should be signed between lodgers and landlords.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Roomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roomer. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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