Meaning of copyholder | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
   historical
2. A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
   dated
3. A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.
   dated

Equivalents

Examples

“Rents had risen so much […] that copyholders had to hire themselves out as wage labourers or shepherds.”

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