grudgeholder

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noun

One who bears a grudge.

OriginEnglish holder ← Middle English holden ← Old English healdan →
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Meanings

noungrudgeholder (plural grudgeholders)

plural grudgeholders

  1. One who bears a grudge.

    This was so not gonna fly with Raquel, a card-carrying member of the grudgeholder's guild.

    2010, Michele Serros, Honey Blonde Chica, page 93
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    Me, I ain't no grudgeholder — if I had caught the dude early on, I'd a put a hurtin' on him, but later on — what the hell?

    1993, Edwin Torres, Carlito's Way, page 70

Origin

  1. Englishgrudge
  2. Proto-Germanic*haldaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*haldan
  4. Old Englishhealdan
  5. Middle Englishholden
  6. Englishhold
  7. Englishholder
  8. Englishgrudgeholder

From grudge + holder.

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APA

grudgeholder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grudgeholder

MLA

“grudgeholder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grudgeholder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grudgeholder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grudgeholder.

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