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noun

Holder n. One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

Holder n.

One who, or that which, holds.

One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.

(Com.) The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it. Note: Holder is much used as the second part of a compound; as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder,etc.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Holder" Quotes from Famous Books

... know what a plasticizer is, and I must take him by the hand and teach him something he learned in freshman chemistry. It has nothing to do with the invention, either. I am claiming a new kind of lens holder, and I point out that the interior of the holder may be coated if desired with a plasticized synthetic resin coating. My, I don't know what the Office is coming to. The Patent Office is the only institution in the world that does ...

— The Professional Approach • Charles Leonard Harness

... astonishment and inquiry. "I only beg a trifle as a token of remembrance. Be so good as to sign this memorandum." On the parchment, which he held out to me, were these words: —"By virtue of this present, to which I have appended my signature, I hereby bequeath my soul to the holder, after its natural ...

— Peter Schlemihl etc. • Chamisso et. al.

... do with a spare wheel-holder, a horn, a couple of yards of foot-board," he said. "Two shock-absorbers and at least ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 • Various

... that precedence which was accorded to Monsieur the brother of the King in the Court of France, but which had no warrant in the usages of England; and the fact that he was allowed to appropriate a place in the procession for his own "Master of the Horse," and that the holder of the honoured place was a youthful member of the upstart family of the Jermyns, was enough to stir up much heartburning amongst the older Royalist nobility, and to engage the attention and compel the anxiety even of Clarendon himself. The Chancellor had to steer ...

— The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon V2 • Henry Craik

... Madge and I were sitting at the west window. Dorothy, in kindness to us, was sitting alone by the fireside in Lady Crawford's chamber. Thomas entered the room with an armful of fagots, which he deposited in the fagot-holder. He was about to replenish the fire, but Dorothy ...

— Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall • Charles Major

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