freeholder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who holds tenure by freehold

Word forms

freeholder freeholders

Etymology

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

Derived words

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