runholder

Meaning

A person who holds (leases or owns) a run (“rural landholding for farming”), especially one for raising sheep.

Synonyms

leaseholder

licensee

Hyphenated as

run‧hold‧er

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹʌnhəʊldə/

Etymology

From run (“rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep”) + holder. Run (noun) is derived from run (“(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) to allow (cattle, sheep, etc.) to graze and move freely on land; to raise (livestock)”, verb).