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One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.

One who beholds; a spectator.

A person who holds a bill or acceptance.

A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.

A prompter at a theater. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

A headborough; a borsholder.

The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. Spelman.

n a contest; an abettor; a backer. [Colloq.] Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder of oppressed states. The London Times.

One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.

One possessed of land in copyhold.

The possessor of a freehold.

One who has money invested in the public funds. J. S. Mill.

The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.]

d of a family; one who occupies a house with his family. Towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant. Macaulay. Compound householder. See Compound, a.

An inhabitant. [Obs.] Spenser.

One who keeps an inn.

A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- Land"hold`ing, n. & a.

A tenant under a lease. -- Lease"hold`ing, a. & n.

An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.