keyholder

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noun

An individual or organization with access to a cryptographic key.

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

nounkeyholder (plural keyholders)

plural keyholders · alternative key holder

  1. One who or a device or component which holds a key for security reasons.
    1. computingAn individual or organization with access to a cryptographic key.

      A key duplicating machine comprising […] a keyholder attached to said shaft, said keyholder providing for holding a key blank and an existing key having notches thereon; […]

      1978, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 32

      Synonyms: claviger

    2. BDSMA dominant partner who holds the key to the chastity cage or belt of their submissive partner, or who otherwise controls whether they are able or allowed to receive orgasms or sexual stimulation.

      Synonyms: claviger

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn individual or organization with access to a cryptographic key.

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claviger

nounA dominant partner who holds the key to the chastity cage or belt of their submissive partner, or who otherwise controls whether they are able or allowed to receive orgasms or sexual stimulation.

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claviger
Also see
keykeeper

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*kaiju
  2. Old Englishcǣġ
  3. Middle Englishkeye
  4. Englishkey
  5. Proto-Germanic*haldaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*haldan
  7. Old Englishhealdan
  8. Middle Englishholden
  9. Englishhold
  10. Englishholder
  11. Englishkeyholder

From key + holder.

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Translations

Ancient Greek κλειδοῦχος
  • κλειδοῦχος (kleidoûkhos)one who or which holds a key
Finnish avaimenhaltija
  • avaimenhaltijaone who or which holds a key
Greek κλειδούχος
  • κλειδούχος (kleidoúchos)one who or which holds a key
Polish klucznik, klucznica
  • klucznikone who or which holds a key
  • klucznicaone who or which holds a key
Portuguese chaveiro, chaveira
  • chaveiroone who or which holds a key
  • chaveiraone who or which holds a key
Spanish llavero, llavera
  • llaveroone who or which holds a key
  • llaveraone who or which holds a key
Cite this entry
APA

keyholder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyholder

MLA

“keyholder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyholder. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keyholder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyholder.

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