单词 | title holder |
释义 | title holdern. 1. a. A person who holds a title of office or rank. ΚΠ 1840 Times 27 Oct. 6/3 He monopolizes every other ministry, even the Ministry of War, sinecures for the title-holders, who are, however by no means sorry to continue in their dolce farniente. 1889 Los Angeles Times 26 Feb. 6/4 [He] allies his family readily with any impecunious title-holder who gives a rank to the lady who can furnish an equivalent in cash. 1957 Africa 27 29 The District Head..may request that the praise-songs of title-holders who are his particular friends..should also be sung. 2009 Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 38 297 As the monument records three non-royal feminine titles of the period in question.., lists of attestations of the female title-holders are included. b. The reigning champion in a particular competition, esp. a sporting event or contest. Also in extended use: something which surpasses all others with regard to a particular criterion; a record holder. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > champion or expert champion1721 championess1728 cock of the school1732 Tartar1785 star1811 holder1830 champ1868 scratch-man1877 scratch-player1888 back-marker1895 title holder1900 titlist1912 three-letter man1929 tiger1929 stickout1933 starlet1976 society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win > winner conqueror1601 winnera1616 Olympionicesta1656 champion1721 championess1728 holder1830 champ1868 title holder1900 victor ludorum1901 titlist1912 1900 Austral. Star 14 July 11/4 The latter [two-handed fighter] has been after the scalp of the title-holder for some time past, and these two men should make a willing and scientific battle. 1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 113/1 Three of the title-holders, Louis (heavy), Lewis (light-heavy), and Armstrong (bantam), are negroes. 1993 Pop. Sci. Dec. 29/1 The powerplant nudges beyond the 170 hp churned out by..the previous title holder. 2017 Sunday Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 18 June Pakistan thrashed title-holders India by 180 runs to win the Champions Trophy at The Oval on Sunday. 2. A person who has a legal right or claim to something, esp. the ownership of property. Cf. title n. 11a. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > proof of > document > holder of title holder1845 1845 N.Y. Herald 7 Jan. 250,000 persons..in whom resides the fancied title to near three millions of slaves; 1,250,000 in the shape of wives, children, relatives and dependents, in addition to the 250,000 of title-holders, making one and a half millions..fed directly from unpaid slave labor. 1872 Amer. Law. Reg. 20 437 The trustees were the mere nominal title holders. 1917 Harvard Law Rev. 30 656 Surely, then, there must be recovery in quasi-contract from the title-holder of the shares when the call was assessed, for the payment by the shareholder of record. 2013 Law & Society Rev. 47 507 Rather than the rule of law automatically privileging the title holder, the right must still be negotiated when challenged. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1840 |
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