HOLDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holder mean? 

• HOLDER (noun)
  The noun HOLDER has 3 senses:

1. a holding device

2. a person who holds something

3. 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

  Familiarity information: HOLDER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A holding device

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

an umbrella holder

Hypernyms ("holder" is a kind of...):

holding device (a device for holding something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holder"):

cigarette holder (a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked)

keyboard (holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung)

oarlock; peg; pin; rowlock; thole; tholepin (a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing)

zarf (an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup)

candle holder; candlestick (a holder with sockets for candles)

Derivation:

hold (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who holds something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

she holds a United States passport

Hypernyms ("holder" is a kind of...):

owner; possessor (a person who owns something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holder"):

tenant (a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease))

slave owner; slaveholder; slaver (someone who holds slaves)

policyholder (a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written)

officeholder; officer (someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust)

mortgage holder; mortgagee (the person who accepts a mortgage)

leaseholder; lessee (a tenant who holds a lease)

landholder; landowner; property owner (a holder or proprietor of land)

jobholder (an employee who holds a regular job)

incumbent; officeholder (the official who holds an office)

cardholder (a person who holds a credit card or debit card)

cardholder (a player who holds a card or cards in a card game)

bondholder (a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation)

ticket holder (holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage))

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bearer; holder

Context example:

the bond was marked 'payable to bearer'

Hypernyms ("holder" is a kind of...):

capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))

Derivation:

hold (have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices)

 Context examples 

Astronomers discovered an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth that may be the new holder of the title 'best place to look for signs of life beyond the solar system'.

(Super-Earth in Habitable Zone, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The older man sat in that wicker chair; it was he who used the cigar-holder.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Previous record holders for coldest brown dwarfs, also found by WISE and Spitzer, were about room temperature.

(A cold, close neighbor of the Sun, NASA)

There's a new record holder for brightest pulsar ever found — and astronomers are still trying to figure out how it can shine so brightly.

(NuSTAR Helps Find Universe's Brightest Pulsars, NASA)

A roar of applause from the English soldiers, with an ominous silence from the vast crowd who pressed round the barriers, announced that the balance of victory lay with the holders.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A DMF is submitted solely at the discretion of the holder.

(Drug Master File, Food and Drug Administration)

TRAPPIST-1's seven-planet chain of resonances established a record among known planetary systems, the previous holders being the systems Kepler-80 and Kepler-223, each with four resonant planets.

(Astronomers Confirm Orbital Details of TRAPPIST-1’s Least Understood Planet, NASA)

Their papers they mean to have, be the holder of them who it may.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

New research has discovered the tallest known tree in the Amazon, towering above the previous record holder at a height of 88.5 metres.

(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)

A category specifying that a drug is marketed as the brand-generic version of the product by the holder of an approved New Drug Application.

(Marketed as Authorized Generic under New Drug Application, NCI Thesaurus)