A householder is the person who owns a house, or who is in charge of it — the one the law or the landlord treats as responsible: bills, the census, the doorbell when official letters come. It is a slightly formal, official-sounding word.

A householder is所謂householder，是指 the person who owns a house, or who is in charge of it擁有一間房子，或負責管理這間房子的人， — the one the law or the landlord treats as responsible: bills, the census, the doorbell when official letters come.——也就是法律或房東認定要負責的那個人：帳單、戶口普查、公文寄來時去應門的人。 It is a slightly formal, official-sounding word.這是個稍微正式、聽起來像公文用語的字。

In everyday talk people say the owner, the tenant, or whoever lives there. You will meet householder on forms, in news about “local householders,” and in phrases like head of the household. It names one person, not the whole family.

In everyday talk people say the owner, the tenant, or whoever lives there.日常說法裡，大家會說owner（屋主）、tenant（房客），或就是「住在那裡的人」。 You will meet householder on forms, in news about “local householders,” and in phrases like head of the household.你會在表格上、在講「當地householders」的新聞裡，還有像head of the household這樣的說法裡看到這個字。 It names one person, not the whole family.它指的是一個人，不是整個家庭。

A second sense, which learners meet in religion more than in housing, is Buddhist: a householder is a lay person, someone who lives an ordinary family life rather than as a monk or nun. That meaning was borrowed from Pali gahapati, literally “house-master.” Same English word, different world: one is about the building, the other about a way of life.

A second sense, which learners meet in religion more than in housing, is Buddhist:第二個意思，學習者比較常在宗教而不是住房的脈絡裡遇到，是佛教用法： a householder is a lay person, someone who lives an ordinary family life rather than as a monk or nun.householder指的是在家眾，也就是過著一般家庭生活，而不是出家當僧尼的人。 That meaning was borrowed from Pali gahapati, literally “house-master.”這個意思借自巴利文gahapati，字面意思是「一家之主」。 Same English word, different world: one is about the building, the other about a way of life.同一個英文字，卻是兩個不同的世界：一個講的是房子，一個講的是生活方式。