freeholder

[ 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 of freeholder

1
1325–75; Middle English freholder (see free, holder); translation of Anglo-French fraunc tenaunt (see frank1, tenant)

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How to use freeholder in a sentence

  • On the death of a freeholder his land was divided amongst his sons equally, according to what is called "the custom of gavelkind."

    Is Ulster Right? | Anonymous
  • At her instance, Akins and another resident freeholder had already signed the bond when Dan arrived.

    A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
  • A franklin was a freeman, or freeholder, or owner of the land on which he dwelt.

    Franklin's Autobiography | Benjamin Franklin
  • However the conference did its work, and started the freeholder, which appeared on the 1st of January, 1850.

    Freehold Land Societies | J. Ewing Ritchie
  • Pennsylvania required him to be a freeholder, but New Hampshire and Vermont were satisfied with the payment of a poll-tax.

British Dictionary definitions for freeholder

freeholder

/ (ˈfriːˌhəʊldə) /


noun
  1. property law a person in possession of a freehold building or estate in land

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