copyholder
nounEtymology From copy + holder.
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Historical A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
- Rents had risen so much […] that copyholders had to hire themselves out as wage labourers or shepherds.1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 86:
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Media, Publishing Dated A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
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Media, Publishing Dated A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.