détenteur

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from the legal Latin dētentor, from dētineō (whence détenir) + -tor (whence -teur).

Pronunciation

Noun

détenteur m (plural détenteurs, feminine détentrice)

  1. (law) holder
  2. holder (of e.g. a record)

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