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Plural of holder

regular plural

The plural of holder is holders.

Forms of holder

Singularholder /ˈhəʊldə/
Pluralholders
Countablecountable

Holders in a sentence

  • In 2012, there were 28 living holders of the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.
  • Proper behaviour is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.From the entry incumbent
  • Most people got away with Napster piracy, but a few people were sued for gigantic sums because copyright holders intended to make an example of them.From the entry make an example of
  • The stock market was down today amid profit taking, the share holders wanted to get some of the increase in stock price as cash while they could.From the entry profit taking
  • Regular acts of courage—bystanders defusing fights, subordinates standing up to abusive power holders—inspired awe.2023 January 3, Dacher Keltner, “The Quiet Profundity of Everyday Awe”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry common

Meaning of holder

  1. noun A thing that holds.
  2. noun A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
  3. noun One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

Full definition of holder

Questions about the plural of holder

What is the plural of holder?
The plural of holder is holders.
Is holder countable?
Holder is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holder (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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