freeholder

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English free holder, freholdere, equivalent to freehold +‎ -er. Compare Old Northern French fraunc tenaunt.

Noun[edit]

freeholder (plural freeholders)

  1. A person who holds tenure by freehold

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