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Copyholder

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who rents land under the copyhold system. historical

    "Rents had risen so much […] that copyholders had to hire themselves out as wage labourers or shepherds."

  2. 2
    mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositor wordnet
  3. 3
    A device that holds copy in place for typesetting. dated
  4. 4
    A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it. dated

Etymology

From copy + holder.

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