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free⋅hold⋅er

  [free-hohl-der]
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–noun
1. the owner of a freehold.
2. (in some U.S. counties) a registered voter who owns local property and has been a local resident for a specified length of time.
Origin:
1325–75; ME freholder (see free, holder ); trans. of AF fraunc tenaunt (see frank 1 , tenant )
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free·hold   (frē'hōld')   
n.  

  1. Law

    1. An estate held in fee or for life.

    2. The tenure by which such an estate is held.

  2. A tenure of an office or a dignity for life.


[Middle English frehold, translation of Anglo-Norman fraunc tenement : fraunc, free + tenement, possession.]
free'hold'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: free·hold·er
Function: noun
: the owner of a freehold estate
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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