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English
Etymology
From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”).
Pronunciation
Noun
householder (plural householders)
- The owner of a house.
- Synonym: homeowner
- The head of a household.
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.
Derived terms
Translations
(Buddhism) layperson
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 居士 (zh) (jūshì)
- Finnish: maallikko (fi)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
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