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copyholder

copyholder noun: a person who rents land under the copyhold system.

Noun

copyholder (plural copyholders)

  1. (historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
    • Rents had risen so much […] that copyholders had to hire themselves out as wage labourers or shepherds.1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 86
  2. (dated) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
  3. (dated) A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.

Forms of copyholder

pluralcopyholders

Origin of copyholder

From copy + holder.

Questions about copyholder

What does copyholder mean?
Copyholder means a person who rents land under the copyhold system.
What part of speech is copyholder?
Copyholder is a noun.
What is the plural of copyholder?
The plural of copyholder is copyholders.

Words near copyholder in the dictionary

  1. copygirls
  2. copygraph
  3. copygraphed
  4. copygraphs
  5. copyhold
  6. copyholder
  7. copyholders
  8. copyholding
  9. copyholdings
  10. copyholds
  11. copying

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