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HOLDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A holding device
Example:
an umbrella holder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("holder" is a kind of...):
holding device (a device for holding something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holder"):
candle holder; candlestick (a holder with sockets for candles)
cigarette holder (a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked)
keyboard (holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung)
oarlock; peg; pin; rowlock; thole; tholepin (a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing)
zarf (an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup)
Derivation:
hold (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it
Example:
the bond was marked 'payable to bearer'
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("holder" is a kind of...):
capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))
Derivation:
hold (have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who holds something
Example:
she holds a United States passport
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("holder" is a kind of...):
owner; possessor (a person who owns something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holder"):
tenant (a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease))
slave owner; slaveholder; slaver (someone who holds slaves)
policyholder (a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written)
officeholder; officer (someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust)
mortgage holder; mortgagee (the person who accepts a mortgage)
leaseholder; lessee (a tenant who holds a lease)
landholder; landowner; property owner (a holder or proprietor of land)
jobholder (an employee who holds a regular job)
incumbent; officeholder (the official who holds an office)
cardholder (a person who holds a credit card or debit card)
cardholder (a player who holds a card or cards in a card game)
bondholder (a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation)
ticket holder (holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage))
Context examples:
After a grand rummage three of the missing articles were found, one over the bird cage, one covered with ink, and a third burned brown, having been used as a holder.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A document defining content and form of the information that has to be supplied with or about a medical product by or on behalf of the marketing authorization holder.
(Medical Product Document, NCI Thesaurus)
A document defining content and form of the information that has to be supplied with or about a pharmaceutical product by or on behalf of the marketing authorization holder.
(Pharmaceutical Product Information, NCI Thesaurus)
And I should be vastly pleased if Mr. Berkeley Craven will consent to be stake-holder.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In fact, the current record holder tips the scale at 21 billion suns and resides in the crowded Coma galaxy cluster that consists of over 1,000 galaxies.
(Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place, NASA)
Device consisting of hairs or bristles set into a handle or holder, especially one that conducts current between the rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor.
(Brush Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Specimens were positioned in a sample holder on a miniature mechanical stage that could be moved to adjust the depth and focus.
(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)
“A holder?” I suggested.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As I laid down my pen, a moment since, to think of it, the air from the sea came blowing in again, mixed with the perfume of the flowers; and I saw the old-fashioned furniture brightly rubbed and polished, my aunt's inviolable chair and table by the round green fan in the bow-window, the drugget-covered carpet, the cat, the kettle-holder, the two canaries, the old china, the punchbowl full of dried rose-leaves, the tall press guarding all sorts of bottles and pots, and, wonderfully out of keeping with the rest, my dusty self upon the sofa, taking note of everything.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“Two of these have been smoked from a holder and two without,” said he.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
