titleholder
- noun
- /ˈtaɪtlˌhoʊldər/
- Specialized
:
titular
- As the titleholder of the property, she was responsible for paying the taxes.
Examples
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Bakundu chiefs still own smaller sculptures, mosungusungu, which are in the possession of titleholders of the Basungo society.
Academic text (1999) -
The present titleholder denies slave ancestry, but says he is in charge of the palace and leads the other chiefs into the emir's presence.
Academic text (2006) -
Then, in 1972, the United States handed administration of the chain over to Japan, and it has paid rent ever since to the Japanese owner of one of the islets without trying to contact the original Chinese titleholder.
Academic text (1998) -
In reality, the staffs owned by different titleholders are used to render themselves more prestigious and powerful and so give themselves more "weight," in memory of the first original staff.
Academic text (1998) -
In May 2006, I contacted the Boy Scout Council and learned that though they technically might be the "owners" of the remains, SWFWMD and the state of Florida were the new titleholders of the mound.
Academic text (2009) -
The ceremonial duties are still performed (as they are elsewhere, for example, in Kano) by ex-elite slave titleholders.
Academic text (2006) -
From the Kuba comes a beaded and cowry-shell-adorned hat called a kalyeem, worn by senior titleholders (Fig. 12).
Academic text (2003) -
The text for the woman's dance skirt is accompanied by two small pictures: that of a Northern Kete chief, Kakenge, from 1982, and the body of a Bushoong titleholder lying in state from Maliem in 1981.
Academic text (2006) -
After the death of the titleholder, the pot or mortar remained, though the contents were removed to the new orun oba at the house of the new incumbent of the title (see p. 87, Fig. 7).
Academic text (1994) -
The titleholder Ine ne Iguneronmwon (Chief Ine or Ineh, Fig. 2) headed the brasscasters and represented them at the palace.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person who legally has something like a house or business
190
2.1
A person who owns something, for example a ticket or passport
39
4.8
A person who owns a business or building
30
3.5
A person who owns land or a building and is responsible for its care
11
3.5
A person who owns something together with other people
9
5.2
A person who owns something
4
8.5
A person who owns land or a building without a lease
2
4.1
A person who owns property like a farm or house
1
6.8
A person or organization that legally owns a creative work such as a song, photo, film
A person the law allows to own or keep something
A person who owns a business or property
How Official
- Specialized
- Specialized
4
6.2
- Formal
1
6.8
130
5.8
300
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Titleholder combines title, a legal name or right to property like the 'title' for a car or house, and holder, which means 'someone who has or keeps something'. So a titleholder is the person or organization who legally owns the title to a property, vehicle, or other legal rights.