Meanings
nouncopyholder (plural copyholders)
plural copyholders
- historicalA person who rents land under the copyhold system.
Rents had risen so much […] that copyholders had to hire themselves out as wage labourers or shepherds.
1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 86 - datedmediaA device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
- datedmediaA person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.
Origin
Translations
Hungarian örökhaszonbérlő, úrbéres
- örökhaszonbérlő(now historical) a person who rents land under the copyhold system
- úrbéres(now historical) a person who rents land under the copyhold system
- kézirattartóa device that holds copy in place for typesetting
Polish dzierżawca dziedziczny, dzierżawczyni dziedziczna
- dzierżawca dziedziczny(now historical) a person who rents land under the copyhold system
- dzierżawczyni dziedziczna(now historical) a person who rents land under the copyhold system
- uchwyt do wydrukowanego egzemplarzaa device that holds copy in place for typesetting
Russian копиго́льдер, тена́кль
- копиго́льдер (kopigólʹdɛr)(now historical) a person who rents land under the copyhold system
- тена́кль (tɛnáklʹ)a device that holds copy in place for typesetting
Cite this entry
APA
copyholder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copyholder
MLA
“copyholder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copyholder. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copyholder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copyholder.
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