card-holder

[kahrd-hohl-der]

card·hold·er

[kahrd-hohl-der]
noun
1.
a registered member of an organization, especially of a union or a political party, who has been issued a card in evidence of membership.
2.
a person who has a borrower's card from a library.
3.
a person to whom a credit card or bank card is issued.
4.
(on a typewriter) either of a pair of devices able to be raised to hold stiff objects, as envelopes or cards, in place for typing.

Origin:
1650–60; card1 + holder
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