holder
noun
1 holder
A holding device.
Roget 779:
possessor,
holder;
occupant,
occupier;
tenant;
person in possession,
man in possession
etc.
777;
renter,
lodger,
lessee,
underlessee†;
zemindar†,
ryot†;
tenant on sufferance,
tenant at will,
tenant from year to year,
tenant for years,
tenant for life.
owner;
proprietor,
proprietress,
proprietary;
impropriator†,
master,
mistress,
lord.
land holder,
land owner,
landlord,
land lady,
slumlord;
lord of the manor,
lord paramount;
heritor,
laird,
vavasour†,
landed gentry,
mesne lord†;
planter.
cestui-que-trust [Fr.],
beneficiary,
mortgagor.
grantee,
feoffee†,
releasee [Law],
relessee†,
devisee;
legatee,
legatary†.
trustee;
holder of the legal estate
&c.;
mortgagee.
right owner,
rightful owner.
[Future possessor]
heir presumptive,
heir apparent;
heiress;
inheritor,
inheritress,
inheritrix;
reversioner†,
remainderman†.
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Dutch: houder
2 holder
A person who holds something.
Dutch: houder, houdster, toonder
3 holder
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.
synonym: bearer.
Moby thesaurus: accepter, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, beholder, bracket, candelabrum, candlestand, candlestick, chandelier, consignee, container, enjoyer, gas fixture, getter, girandole, have, haver, hearer, keeper, lamp holder, lampstand, light fixture, light socket, listener, looker, obtainer, payee, possessor, procurer, receiver, receptacle, recipient, sconce, spectator, taker, torch holder, torch staff, trustee, utensil, vessel, viewer, wall bracket ... show more.
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