copyholder

[ kop-ee-hohl-der ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that holds copy.

  2. a device for holding copy in its place, as on a printer's frame or on a typewriter.

  1. a proofreader's assistant who reads copy aloud or follows it while proof is read for the detection of deviations from it in proof.

  2. a person who holds an estate in copyhold.

Origin of copyholder

1
1425–75; late Middle English. See copyhold, -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for copyholder

copyholder

/ (ˈkɒpɪˌhəʊldə) /


noun
  1. printing one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof

  2. printing a device that holds copy in place for the compositor

  1. law (formerly) a person who held land by copyhold tenure

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