holder

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a holding device
noun a person who holds something
noun 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

From hold + -er.

Do you use a holder? — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce
Therefore he used a holder. — Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Illustrated, Arthur Conan Doyle
"You must be my bottle holder, Osborne." — Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray

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