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householder^¹

/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”).

noun householders

The owner of a house.
Similar: homeowner
The head of a household. towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant
Hinduism A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.

Householder^²

proper noun Householders

A surname.

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noun owner of a house

中文	房主 fángzhǔ, 屋主 wūzhǔ
हिन्दी	गृहस्थ gŕhasth, गृहपति gŕhapti
Deutsch	Hausbesitzer

noun head of a household

中文	戶主 /户主 hùzhǔ
हिन्दी	गृहस्थ gŕhasth, गृहपति gŕhapti
Ελληνικά	νοικοκύρης noikokýris, νοικοκυρά noikokyrá

noun (Buddhism) layperson

中文	居士 jūshì

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@misc{householder_2026,
  title = {householder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/householder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}