holder
Syllables: hold·erUK/ˈhəʊldə//ˈhoʊɫdɚ/
holder noun: a thing that holds.
Noun
holder (plural holders)
- A thing that holds.
- Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder.
- A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
- 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.
- One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
- The defending champion.
Proper noun capitalized: Holder
US/ˈhoʊldɚ/
Holder
- A surname.
holder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
holder in Hindi
- a person who possesses something
- धारक dhārak
holder in Tamil
- உடைமையாளர், பிடிப்பான், பிடிப்பி, பிடி
holder in Urdu
- گھر, گیر, قابض
holder in Bengali
- ধারক, অধিকারী ব্যক্তি, ধারয়িতা
More languagesFewer languages
- holder in Malayalam
- പിടിക്കുന്നവൻ, കൈപ്പിടി
- holder in Kannada
- ಹಿಡುವಳಿದಾರ, ಮಾಲೀಕ, ಯಜಮಾನ, ಆಸರೆ
Examples of holder in a sentence
- A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society.
- Proper behaviour is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.
- The utensil holder hooks onto the side of the dishrack.
Forms of holder
| plural | holders |
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Origin of holder
From hold + -er.
Words formed from holder
- Holderian
- account holder
- accountholder
- agricultural holder
- baitholder
- beauty is in the eye of the beer holder
- billholder
- blankholder
- block holder
- bondholder
- book-holder
- bookholder
- bootholder
- boroughholder
- bottleholder
- boulder holder
- boxholder
- bus-holder
- candle holder
- candleholder
- cardholder
- chairholder
- cigarette holder
- claimholder
- coholder
- copyholder
- coverholder
- cryoholder
- cupholder
- cup holder
- debentureholder
- debenture holder
- debtholder
- deedholder
- drinkholder
- dwarf-holder
- farm holder
- fiefholder
- film badge holder
- footholder
- fundholder
- gasholder
- globeholder
- grudgeholder
- handholder
- harp holder
- haunch holder
- high-holder
- hill-holder
- holder-forth
- holder-on
- holdership
- holder-up
- inkholder
- innholder
- jobholder
- key holder
- keyholder
- lampholder
- landholder
Phrases with holder
- pot holder
- rein holder
- rush holder
- type holder
- dwarf holder
- place holder
- plume holder
- bottle holder
- needle holder
- office holder
- pencil holder
- policy holder
6 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with holder
Questions about holder
- What does holder mean?
- Holder means a thing that holds.
- What is holder in Hindi?
- Holder in Hindi is धारक (dhārak). See Holder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is holder?
- Holder can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce holder?
- Holder is pronounced /ˈhəʊldə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of holder?
- The plural of holder is holders.
Words near holder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: holder (page history and authors); Holder (page history and authors); holder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); holder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); holder (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); holder (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); holder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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