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.

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