What does land-holder mean?
Land-holder means Dated form of landholder..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Dated form of landholder..
Many of the noble land-holders in Sleſwick and Holſtein, have the power of life and death.
[…] that house receive such an air as to make its owner be set down as the great land-holder of the parish, by every creature travelling the road; […]
The rivers and estuaries of the country still abounded in fish, and the right of salmon-fishing by nets or "yairs" (coops) was jealously guarded by land-holders.
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Land-holder means Dated form of landholder..
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Many of the noble land-holders in Sleſwick and Holſtein, have the power of life and death.
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