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footholder

footholder noun: in Welsh mythology, a virgin maiden tasked with holding a warrior's feet in her lap.

Noun

footholder (plural footholders)

  1. In Welsh mythology, a virgin maiden tasked with holding a warrior's feet in her lap.
    • One particularly difficult figure is the king's footholder, the problems with which have already been clearly delineated by McKenna.2018, Robin Chapman Stacey, Law and the Imagination in Medieval Wales, page 146
    • After the rape of his “footholder,” the king tries to find another maiden who could be used for this purpose.Antón Bousquet, The World of the Gauls: Foundation(s) of a Celtic Philosophy (page 253)

Forms of footholder

pluralfootholders

Origin of footholder

From foot + holder.

Questions about footholder

What does footholder mean?
Footholder means in Welsh mythology, a virgin maiden tasked with holding a warrior's feet in her lap.
What part of speech is footholder?
Footholder is a noun.
What is the plural of footholder?
The plural of footholder is footholders.

Words near footholder in the dictionary

  1. foothills
  2. Foothills County
  3. foothills larkspur
  4. foothilly
  5. foothold
  6. footholder
  7. footholders
  8. footholds
  9. foothole
  10. footholes
  11. foothook

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