n. 1. One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Naut.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home. [ WordNet 1.5 ]