runholder
/ˈrʌnhəʊldə
/noun Australian /NZ
A person who owns or manages a sheep station or cattle station: he was a soldier who became a wealthy runholder...
- They were not welcomed by their runholder neighbours at first - relationships were testy at best.
- He was a southern runholder and a Liberal politician.
- With help from the runholder and his packhorses, they went up the West Matukituki.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from run in the Australian sense 'an extensive tract of land used for the raising of stock'.
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