Copyholder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Copyholder is a noun meaning (historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
Meaning
(historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
More Meanings
- (dated, publishing) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
- (dated, publishing) A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.
Example Sentences
Rents had risen so much […] that copyholders had to hire themselves out as wage labourers or shepherds.
Word Forms
- copyholders
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include copyholding, copy, copyhold, tenant, rentaller, landholder.
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