holder
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English holder From hold + -er.
- derived from -āriusbor
- derived from *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom✻
Definitions
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.
One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
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The defending champion.
A surname.
The neighborhood
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, candleholder, candle holder, cardholder, chairholder, cigarette holder, coholder, copyholder, cryoholder, cup holder, cupholder, debentureholder, debenture holder, debtholder, deedholder, dwarf-holder, farm holder, fiefholder, film badge holder, footholder, fundholder, gasholder, grudgeholder, handholder, harp holder, haunch holder, high-holder · +77 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at holder. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at holder. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at holder
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA