1. holder(n = noun.artifact) Array - a holding device; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder"
is a kind of holding device
has particulars: candle holder, candlestick, cigarette holder, keyboard, oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin, zarf
Derived form verb hold10
2. holder(n = noun.person) Array - a person who holds something; "they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport"
is a kind of owner, possessor
has particulars: ticket holder, bondholder, cardholder, cardholder, incumbent, officeholder, jobholder, landholder, landowner, property owner, leaseholder, lessee, mortgage holder, mortgagee, officeholder, officer, policyholder, slave owner, slaveholder, slaver, tenant
3. holder(n = noun.person) bearer - the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'"
is a kind of capitalist
Derived form verb hold9
One who is employed in the hold of a vessel. [1913 Webster]
1. One who, or that which, holds. [1913 Webster]
2. One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant. [1913 Webster]
3. The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it. [1913 Webster]
" Holder is much used as the second part of a compound; as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder,etc." [1913 Webster]
holder, n.
1 (often in comb.) a device or implement for holding something (cigarette-holder).
2 a the possessor of a title etc. b the occupant of an office etc.
3 = SMALLHOLDER.
N possessor, holder, occupant, occupier, tenant, person in possession, man in possession, renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee, zemindar, ryot, tenant on sufferance, tenant at will, tenant from year to year, tenant for years, tenant for life, owner, proprietor, proprietress, proprietary, impropriator, master, mistress, lord, land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady, slumlord, lord of the manor, lord paramount, heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord, planter, cestui-que-trust, beneficiary, mortgagor, grantee, feoffee, releasee, relessee, devisee, legatee, legatary, trustee, holder of the legal estate, mortgagee, right owner, rightful owner, heir presumptive, heir apparent, heiress, inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix, reversioner, remainderman.
bill holder, candle holder, cartridge holder, cigarette holder, gas holder, gravy holder, mortgage holder, roach holder, ticket holder