"freeholder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: freeholders [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English free holder, freholdere, equivalent to freehold + -er. Compare Old Northern French fraunc tenaunt. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|free holder}} Middle English free holder, {{suffix|en|freehold|er|id2=occupation}} freehold + -er, {{noncog|fro-nor|fraunc tenaunt}} Old Northern French fraunc tenaunt Head templates: {{en-noun}} freeholder (plural freeholders)
  1. A person who holds tenure by freehold Categories (topical): People Translations (person): talonpoika (Finnish), susmonster (Spanish), rhydd-ddeiliad [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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