noun
Meaning 1
A person who holds tenure by freehold
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
freeholder
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CMU ARPABET: F R IY1 HH OW2 L D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
the owner of a freehold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: landowner, landholder, property owner
Narrower terms: yeoman
History
Etymology
From Middle English free holder, freholdere, equivalent to freehold + -er. Compare Old Northern French fraunc tenaunt.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: maanomistaja — person
- Finnish: perintömaan omistaja — person
- Polish: właściciel nieruchomości lub gruntu — person
- Polish: właścicielka nieruchomości lub gruntu — person
- Spanish: susmonster — person
- Welsh: rhydd-ddeiliad — person
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