holder

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hold=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

holder, n. 

 One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.  [1913 Webster]

holder, n. 

•  One who, or that which, holds.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.  [1913 Webster]
•  The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.  [1913 Webster]

  " Holder is much used as the second part of a compound; as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder,etc."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

holder, n.
1 (often in comb.) a device or implement for holding something (cigarette-holder).
2 a the possessor of a title etc. b the occupant of an office etc.
3 = SMALLHOLDER.

THESAURUS

holder

accepter, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, beholder, bracket, candelabrum, candlestand, candlestick, chandelier, consignee, container, enjoyer, gas fixture, getter, girandole, have, haver, hearer, keeper, lamp holder, lampstand, light fixture, light socket, listener, looker, obtainer, payee, possessor, procurer, receiver, receptacle, recipient, sconce, spectator, taker, torch holder, torch staff, trustee, utensil, vessel, viewer, wall bracket

ROGET THESAURUS

holder

Possessor

N possessor, holder, occupant, occupier, tenant, person in possession, man in possession, renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee, zemindar, ryot, tenant on sufferance, tenant at will, tenant from year to year, tenant for years, tenant for life, owner, proprietor, proprietress, proprietary, impropriator, master, mistress, lord, land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady, slumlord, lord of the manor, lord paramount, heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord, planter, cestui-que-trust, beneficiary, mortgagor, grantee, feoffee, releasee, relessee, devisee, legatee, legatary, trustee, holder of the legal estate, mortgagee, right owner, rightful owner, heir presumptive, heir apparent, heiress, inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix, reversioner, remainderman.