Word Meanings - LANDHOLDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- Land"hold`ing, n. & a.

Related words: (words related to LANDHOLDER)

• OWNER
  One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.
• PROPRIETOR
  One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.
• HOLDER-FORTH
  One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.
• HOLDER
  One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
• OWNERLESS
  Without an owner.
• OWNERSHIP
  The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.
• PROPRIETORSHIP
  The state of being proprietor; ownership.
• PROPRIETORIAL
  Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights.
• COPYHOLDER
  One possessed of land in copyhold. A device for holding copy for a compositor. One who reads copy to a proof reader.
• CROWNER
  A coroner. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL. 2. Etym:
• HIGH-HOLDER
  The flicker; -- called also high-hole.
• BEHOLDER
  One who beholds; a spectator.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• CANDLEHOLDER
  One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
• BOOKHOLDER
  1. A prompter at a theater. Beau & Fl. 2. A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it.
• BONDHOLDER
  A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.
• RENOWNER
  One who gives renown.
• INNHOLDER
  One who keeps an inn.
• LANDOWNER
  An owner of land.
• STAKEHOLDER
  The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
• SHIPOWNER
  Owner of a ship or ships.
• CLOWNERY
  Clownishness. L'Estrange.
• PENHOLDER
  A handle for a pen.