holder en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhəʊldə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈhoʊɫdɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English holder From hold + -er.
Meanings
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A thing that holds.
Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder.
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A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
A request for a nonreviewable ruling must be submitted by an issuer or holder.
1996, United States. Internal Revenue Service, Internal Revenue Bulletin, page 47:He's been an account holder with us since 2004.
In 2012, there were 28 living holders of the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.
Davenant, the last holder of the laureateship, had died two years previously, and Howell, the well known author of the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, and the late holder of the historiographership, four years before.
1881, George Saintsbury, “Dryden”, in English Men of Letters:How many of these gafolgelders by contract were to be found on Saxon manors, whether on the lord’s demesne or holding virgates in the open fields, libere tenentes or free holders of villain holdings, as I have elsewhere stated we cannot tell, but if we may take the experience of the interval between the Domesday survey and the hundred rolls as any guide to the natural multiplication of libere tenentes on the lord’s demesne, the class may have become numerous on many, and perhaps mostly on royal manors, without giving ground, I think, for any inference in favour of the original freedom of the Saxon village community.
1892 July, “Villainage in England”, in The English Historical Review, volume VII, number XXVII, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.; New York, N.Y.: […], page 460:
- One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
- The defending champion.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| holders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
handholder · policyholder · shareholder · farm holder · boxholder · shipholder · haunch holder · rein holder · rightsholder · office holder · stakeholder · bootholder · moneyholder · debtholder · powerholder · bondholder · passholder · pot holder · record-holder · block holder · pewholder · stubbie holder · titleholder · policy holder · potholder · billholder · baitholder · receiptholder · accountholder · agricultural holder · planholder · seatholder · pencil holder · footholder · bottleholder · pallholder · lienholder · keyholder · over-the-shoulder boulder holder · slaveholder · warrantholder · account holder · high-holder · lotholder · boulder holder · ticket-holder · place holder · plume-holder · inkholder · landholder · holdership · needle holder · cup holder · sleeve-holder · chairholder · leadholder · plotholder · cryoholder · mapholder · typeholder · placeholder · cardholder · bookholder · runholder · type holder · officeholder · debentureholder · pinholder · holder-up · plume holder · boroughholder · claimholder · scholarship holder · dwarf-holder · grudgeholder · candleholder · wardholder · penholder · drinkholder · holder-on · postholder · unitholder · noteholder · wharfholder · fundholder · beauty is in the eye of the beer holder · recordholder · globeholder · harp holder · stubby holder · blankholder · toolholder · candle holder · coholder · sleeveholder · hill-holder · tagholder · neckholder · key holder · bus-holder · rush holder · stallholder · gasholder · mopholder · cupholder · prizeholder · plateholder · debenture holder · coverholder · sightholder · rightholder · lampholder · loanholder · office-holder · innholder · jobholder · signholder · copyholder · patentholder · cigarette holder · book-holder · stockholder · sleeve holder · holder-forth · scripholder · siteholder · permitholder · deedholder · fiefholder · film badge holder · leaseholder
Descendants
Translations (60)
de Halterung (a thing that holds) · de Halter (a thing that holds) · sh držač (a thing that holds) · sh držalo (a thing that holds) · sh držaljka (a thing that holds) · es soporte (a thing that holds) · it sostegno (a thing that holds) · grc δοχεῖον (a thing that holds) · de Ständer (a thing that holds) · hi धारक (a person who possesses something) · fr porteur (a person who possesses something) · de Eigentümer (a person who possesses something) · ru держа́тельница (a person who possesses something) · de Halter (a person who possesses something) · pl dysponent (a person who possesses something) · bg приносител (a person who possesses something) · fr titulaire (a person who possesses something) · it contenitore (a thing that holds) · fi pidike (a thing that holds) · es titular (a person who possesses something) · pl dysponentka (a person who possesses something) · bg притежател (a person who possesses something) · ru облада́тельница (a person who possesses something) · it detentore (a person who possesses something) · la capsa (a thing that holds) · pl szafarz (a person who possesses something) · es poseedor (a person who possesses something) · it possessore (a person who possesses something) · fr calier ((nautical) a person who works in the hold) · fr étui (a thing that holds) · bg дръжка (a thing that holds) · nl houder (a person who possesses something) · ga gabhdán (a thing that holds) · ota طوتاق (a thing that holds) · bg държач (a thing that holds) · ru владе́лица (a person who possesses something) · fi teline (a thing that holds) · ru владе́лец (a person who possesses something) · ru носи́тельница (a person who possesses something) · ru держа́тель (a person who possesses something) · fi haltija (a person who possesses something) · sh držalica (a thing that holds) · mn иш (a thing that holds) · pt suporte (a thing that holds) · fr porte- (a thing that holds) · de Besitzer (a person who possesses something) · fr tenant du titre ((sports) defending champion) · ca detentor (a person who possesses something) · ru патро́н (a thing that holds) · ota صاحب (a person who possesses something) · fr tenant ((sports) defending champion) · pl szafarka (a person who possesses something) · ru облада́тель (a person who possesses something) · mi porotēteke (a thing that holds) · it proprietario (a person who possesses something) · es tenedor (a person who possesses something) · fr détenteur (a person who possesses something) · ru держа́лка (a thing that holds) · ru носи́тель (a person who possesses something) · ga coimeádán (a thing that holds)