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Meaning of runholder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˈɹʌnhəʊldə/

Definitions

A person who leases or owns a run (“rural landholding for farming”), especially one for raising sheep.

New-Zealand

Equivalents

Suomi tilanomistaja

Examples

“Edward Stafford […] was a member of the Anglo-Irish gentry and had arrived in Nelson in 1843 to become a runholder.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

runholding Runic runic divination Runion Runk Runkel