WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cop•y•hold•er
(kop′ē hōl′dər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that holds copy.
- Printinga device for holding copy in its place, as on a printer's frame or on a typewriter.
- Printinga proofreader's assistant who reads copy aloud or follows it while proof is read for the detection of deviations from it in proof.
- World Historya person who holds an estate in copyhold.
- late Middle English. See copyhold, -er1 1425–75
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