copyholder

noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.

3

A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.

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