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

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Example Sentences

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copyholder

The rise of the copyholder from a state of uncertainty to certainty of tenure appears to have been very gradual.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various

He must, I think, himself have been a copyholder in his day, so feelingly does he deal with the detriments of a champion-holding.

From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett

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 William MacLeod Raine

Now the English copyholder held his land subject to the customs of the manor; his dues and services were fixed by local custom both as regards their nature and amount.

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

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 Sir Owen Morgan Edwards

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