Holder Meaning
/ˈhəʊldə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA thing that holds.
nounA person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
Sentence Examples
I'm a holder of ABC Travel Insurance.
I am a diploma holder.
Insert the key into the plastic holder on the wall.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ticket ____ must show proof of purchase at the entrance.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She placed her coffee cup into the plastic ____ in the car to prevent it from spilling.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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, George Saintsbury, “Dryden”, in English Men of Letters:
"How many of these gafolgelders by contract were to be found on Saxon manors, whether on the lord’s demesne or holding virgates in the open fields, libere tenentes or free holders of villain holdings, as I have elsewhere stated we cannot tell, but if we may take the experience of the interval between the Domesday survey and the hundred rolls as any guide to the natural multiplication of libere tenentes on the lord’s demesne, the class may have become numerous on many, and perhaps mostly on royal manors, without giving ground, I think, for any inference in favour of the original freedom of the Saxon village community."
— 1892 July, “Villainage in England”, in The English Historical Review, volume VII, number XXVII, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.; New York, N.Y.: […], page 460:
"A request for a nonreviewable ruling must be submitted by an issuer or holder."
— 1996, United States. Internal Revenue Service, Internal Revenue Bulletin, page 47:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ticket ____ must show proof of purchase at the entrance.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She placed her coffee cup into the plastic ____ in the car to prevent it from spilling.