blockholdern.
/ˈblɒkˌhəʊldə/, U.S. /ˈblɑkˌhoʊldər/, Australian English /ˈblɔkˌhoʊldə/ 1. A component in any of various machines or devices that supports or secures a block.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > contrivance for containing and supporting
holder1833
toilet roll holder1903
1849 Repertory Patent Inventions 14 382 His..patent..for a self-directing or automatic machine for turning irregular forms, was composed of..a rotary axis and block-holder.
1916 Engineering 21 Apr. 366/1 The screw C by which the bottom block is adjusted passes through a slot in the upper block-holder A.
1995 SAE Trans. (Soc. Automotive Engineers) 104 1486/1 This hole accommodated a thermocouple threaded through the end-plate of the block holder.
2. Australian. The owner or tenant of a building section or lot (see block n.1 17a). In later use spec.: a person who owns or works on a small block of land used agricultural purposes; cf. blockie n. 1.
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the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > small landowner
yeomana1387
portioner1476
goodman1540
esquire1600
little man1787
statesman1787
the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > small farmer
wool hat1794
smallholder1800
cockatoo1844
cockatoo farmer1844
cockatooer1852
cocky1868
yardland-holder1890
yardlander1891
minifundista1969
1860 Mt. Alexander Mail (Castlemaine, Austral.) 14 Nov. Mr Hall..intends, it is said, to let out block claims. This will be rather a ticklish proceeding, however, as it is highly probable..Mr Hall would be placed in a dilemma between the rights of the original frontage claimowners and the blockholders.
1915 Irrigation Farming in Austral. (Commonw. Austral.) 29 A blockholder who has 10 acres of lucerne carefully seeded and cultured will have no fodder worries.
2012 Stock Jrnl. (Nexis) 15 Mar. 49 For a small block-holder with little experience and no pastoral family history, I have been mindful not to over-expose the land through inappropriate grazing practices or over-stocking.
3. Stock Market (originally U.S.). A shareholder, esp. an institutional investor, who owns large quantities of a company's securities.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > holder of stocks or shares
sharer1667
actionist1720
actionary1728
stockholder1753
shareholder1755
actioner1825
holder1848
sokaiya1971
1944 Jrnl. Land & Public Utility Econ. 20 220/2 The supervisory board of the managerial committee of the joint stock company often represented the financial power behind the undertaking. Block-holders of shares predominated.
2021 Korea Herald (Nexis) 24 Feb. NPS was a blockholder of 83 listed companies in Korea with more than 5 percent voting rights as a general investor.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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