English edit

Etymology edit

houseboat +‎ -er

Noun edit

houseboater (plural houseboaters)

  1. One who lives in a houseboat.
    • 2008 April 8, Nonny De La Pe, “What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish”, in New York Times[1]:
      A similar situation unfolded two decades ago in Sausalito, Calif., when houseboaters were inundated with toadfish calls.