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inholder

inholder noun: an indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.

Noun

inholder (plural inholders)

  1. An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
    • They maintain that the Forest Service has been pointedly harassing them and thousands of other "inholders" across the nation -- people who own property inside areas managed by the government -- in order to discourage them, set up "precondemnation blight" and force them off their land.1990 Jul/Aug, J. Poppy, “Back-to-the-landers vs. the Feds”, in Mother Earth News
    • Inholders, even those in wilderness areas, are guaranteed " reasonable access " to their properties.1995 Jan/Feb, Bill Sherwonit, “Striking a Balance”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 69, number 1/2, page 26
  2. (obsolete) The active forces of nature.

Forms of inholder

pluralinholders

Origin of inholder

From inhold + -er.

Questions about inholder

What does inholder mean?
Inholder means an indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
What part of speech is inholder?
Inholder is a noun.
What is the plural of inholder?
The plural of inholder is inholders.

Words near inholder in the dictionary

  1. inhived
  2. inhives
  3. inhiving
  4. Inhofe
  5. inhold
  6. inholder
  7. inholders
  8. inholding
  9. inholdings
  10. inholds
  11. inhomogeneities

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