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What is "holder" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 02-05-2026 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does holder mean in English? Meaning of holder definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "holder" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "holder": a holding device

Noun

  • Meaning: a holding device
  • Example: a towel holder a cigarette holder an umbrella holder
  • Synonyms: holder
  • Hyponyms: candle holder candlestick cigarette holder keyboard oarlock peg pin rowlock thole tholepin zarf
  • Hypernyms: holding device

    • Meaning of "holder": a person who holds something

    Noun

  • Meaning: a person who holds something
  • Example: they held two hostages he holds the trophy she holds a United States passport
  • Synonyms: holder
  • Hyponyms: bondholder cardholder incumbent jobholder landholder landowner leaseholder lessee mortgage holder mortgagee officeholder officer policyholder property owner slave owner slaveholder slaver tenant ticket holder
  • Hypernyms: owner possessor

    • Meaning of "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

    Noun

  • 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: bearer holder
  • Hypernyms: capitalist
  • Adjective: A thing that holds. Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder.A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something. He's been an account holder with us since 2004. In 2012, there were 28 living holders of the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.(nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.(sports) The defending champion.

    • Synonyms:

    buyer, partner, squire, heir, governor, proprietor, master, possessor, keeper, purchaser, landowner, heritor, sharer, heiress, legatee, heir-apparent, titleholder,

    Antonyms:

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