Handholder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Handholder is a noun meaning One who holds hands (with someone else).
Meaning
One who holds hands (with someone else).
More Meanings
- Someone or something that provides reassurance and/or assistance for doing something difficult.
Example Sentences
Jenny hadn’t been a natural hugger, but she’d been a smiler, a handholder.
They preferred each other’s company to any other in the world. They were old-fashioned and unashamed handholders.
In the meantime, Bouchard will continue to play his role as handholder and benefactor to his province and peacemaker for the country.
We were never handholders. We were always withdrawn and alone, unlike Italians, Poles, Jews, and other friends I had who were fresh and spontaneous in their affection.
Word Forms
- handholders
- hand-holder
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