runholder
nounUK /ˈɹʌnhəʊldə/ · US /ˈɹʌnˌhoʊldəɹ/
Etymology From run (“rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep”) + holder. Run (noun) is derived from run (“(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) to allow (cattle, sheep, etc.) to graze and move freely on land; to raise (livestock)”, verb).
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New Zealand A person who leases or owns a run (“rural landholding for farming”), especially one for raising sheep.
- Edward Stafford […] was a member of the Anglo-Irish gentry and had arrived in Nelson in 1843 to become a runholder.2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 193:
- Related terms
- run, runholding