noun
- plural of copyholder: a device that holds papers or documents in position for reading or copying
- plural of copyholder: people who hold copyhold tenure of land
Usage: historical; legal
Examples
- The office supply store sells various copyholders for desktop use.
- She adjusted the copyholders to better position the documents.
- Medieval copyholders worked land owned by the manor lord.
- The rights of copyholders were recorded in the manor court rolls.
- Modern copyholders make it easier to read while typing.
- Historical copyholders paid rent and owed services to their lords.