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Holder

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

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Bondholder 76% connected

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

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Candlestick 76% connected

An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.

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Incumbent 76% connected

Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

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Keyboard 76% connected

The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter, etc.

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Landholder 76% connected

A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.

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Landowner 76% connected

An owner of land.

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Leaseholder 76% connected

A tenant under a lease.

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Lessee 76% connected

The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.

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Mortgagee 76% connected

The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a mortgage is made or given.

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Oarlock 76% connected

The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.

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Officeholder 76% connected

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

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Officer 76% connected

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police office…

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Peg 76% connected

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

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Pin 76% connected

To peen.

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Rowlock 76% connected

A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pai…

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Slaveholder 76% connected

One who holds slaves.

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Slaver 76% connected

A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.

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Tenant 76% connected

One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or…

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Thole 76% connected

A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.

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Capitalist 76% connected

One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.

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Owner 76% connected

One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.

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Possessor 76% connected

One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a…

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Bear 74% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Bear 74% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Hold 74% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Hold 74% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Synonym 1

Bearer 92% connected

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

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