stockholder

[ stok-hohl-der ]

/ ˈstɒkˌhoʊl dər /

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noun

Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.

Australian. an owner of livestock, as a rancher.

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Origin of stockholder

First recorded in 1745–55; stock + holder

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Examples from the Web for stockholder

Those corporations aren't losing in this process, so there's no loss corresponding to a stockholder's capital gain on stocks.
Stop the Madness!||August 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
If it is right for the stockholder of a railway to receive dividends, it is equally right for the bondholder to receive interest.
Distributive Justice|John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
We encamped on a beautiful spot, the sight of which would have rejoiced the heart of a stockholder.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia|Thomas Mitchell
About that option of yours, son, said the stockholder named Wilkins, we know what it cost you.
Sudden Jim|Clarence Budington Kelland

You can see why I come in, then—I wanted to see how the hands in this business was carrying it on, me being a stockholder.
The Man Next Door|Emerson Hough
Each shareholder or stockholder of a corporation is entitled to vote at the corporate meeting for the election of officers.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stockholder

stockholder

/ (ˈstɒkˌhəʊldə) /

noun

an owner of corporate capital stock

Australian a person who keeps livestock

Derived Formsstockholding, noun

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