copyholder

[ kop-ee-hohl-der ]

/ ˈkɒp iˌhoʊl dər /

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noun

a person or thing that holds copy.

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

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

a person who holds an estate in copyhold.

Origin of copyholder

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

Words nearby copyholder

copyfight, copyfitting, copygirl, copygraph, copyhold, copyholder, copy in, copying machine, copyist, copyleft, copy paper

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Example sentences from the Web for copyholder

In 1581 it interferes to protect a copyholder who has been kept out of his holding by the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century|Richard Henry Tawney
Most former electors and every leaseholder and every copyholder were now excluded.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed.|S. A. Reilly
A copyholder without legal remedy may seem little better than a tenant in mere villenage, except in name.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
For it is the destruction of the inheritance and against the nature of a copyholder for life.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century|Richard Henry Tawney

So after a while instead of "villein" he became a "copyholder."
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for copyholder

copyholder

/ (ˈkɒpɪˌhəʊldə) /

noun

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

printing a device that holds copy in place for the compositor

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

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单词	copyholder
释义	copyholder [ kop-ee-hohl-der ] / ˈkɒp iˌhoʊl dər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR copyholder ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person or thing that holds copy. a device for holding copy in its place, as on a printer's frame or on a typewriter. a proofreader's assistant who reads copy aloud or follows it while proof is read for the detection of deviations from it in proof. a person who holds an estate in copyhold. Origin of copyholder 1425–75; late Middle English. See copyhold, -er¹ Words nearby copyholder copyfight, copyfitting, copygirl, copygraph, copyhold, copyholder, copy in, copying machine, copyist, copyleft, copy paper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for copyholder In 1581 it interferes to protect a copyholder who has been kept out of his holding by the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough. The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century\|Richard Henry Tawney Most former electors and every leaseholder and every copyholder were now excluded. Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed.\|S. A. Reilly A copyholder without legal remedy may seem little better than a tenant in mere villenage, except in name. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)\|Henry Hallam For it is the destruction of the inheritance and against the nature of a copyholder for life. The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century\|Richard Henry Tawney So after a while instead of "villein" he became a "copyholder." Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899\|Various British Dictionary definitions for copyholder copyholder / (ˈkɒpɪˌhəʊldə) / noun printing one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof printing a device that holds copy in place for the compositor law (formerly) a person who held land by copyhold tenure Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to copyholder proofreader, copyreader, newspaperwoman, newspaperman, rewriter, reviser, deskman
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copyholder

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