holder
A thing that holds.
Noun
- 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.
- Davenant, the last holder of the laureateship, had died two years previously, and Howell, the well known author of the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, and the late holder of the historiographership, four years before. - 1881,...
- One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
- The defending champion.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English holder From hold + -er.
Forms
Derived
accountholder agricultural holder baitholder beauty is in the eye of the beer holder billholder block holder bondholder bookholder book-holder boroughholder bottleholder boulder holder boxholder bus-holder candle holder candleholder cardholder chairholder cigarette holder coholder copyholder cryoholder cupholder cup holder