copyholder

American  

[kop-ee-hohl-der] / ˈkɒp iˌhoʊl dər /

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.

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

4. a person who holds an estate in copyhold.

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copyholder British  

/ 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

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

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Etymology

Origin of copyholder

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

Example Sentences

It extended the franchise to the copyholder, and to the farmer paying 50 pounds rent, in the counties; it gave the towns a uniform 10 pounds household franchise.

From Short History of Wales by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

Most former voters and every leaseholder and every copyholder were excluded.

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.

He drove a delivery wagon for a grocer, ushered at a theater, was even a copyholder in the proofroom of a newspaper.

From The Vision Splendid by Raine, William MacLeod

I feel what I owe you, and, independently of this, I love you as a friend,—indeed so much that I regret, seriously regret, that you have been my copyholder.

From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.

The Canadian censitaire had a written title-deed which stated explicitly the dues and services he was bound to give his seigneur; the copyholder had nothing of the kind.

From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett