copyholder

English

Etymology

From copy +‎ holder.

Noun

copyholder (plural copyholders)

1. (historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
   • 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 86:

     Rents had risen so much […] that copyholders had to hire themselves out as wage labourers or shepherds.

2. (dated, publishing) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
3. (dated, publishing) A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.

Translations

(now historical) a person who rents land under the copyhold system

• Hungarian: örökhaszonbérlő, úrbéres (hu)
• Russian: копиго́льдер (ru) m (kopigólʹdɛr)

a device that holds copy in place for typesetting

• Hungarian: kézirattartó
• Russian: тена́кль (ru) m (tɛnáklʹ)