runholder
English edit
Etymology edit
From run (“rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep”) + holder.[1][2] 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).[3]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌnhəʊldə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌnˌhoʊldəɹ/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɹanhɐʉldə/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: run‧hold‧er
Noun edit
runholder (plural runholders)
- (Australia, New Zealand) A person who holds (leases or owns) a run (“rural landholding for farming”), especially one for raising sheep.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
person who holds a run
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References edit
- ^ “runholder, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2011; “runholder, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ Compare “run, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022: “A large open stretch of land used for pasture or the raising of stock.”
- ^ “run, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
Further reading edit
- “runholder, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.