Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Holder

Holder ({not transcribed}) , noun

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

Holder , noun

1.
One who, or that which, holds.
2.
One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.
3.
(Commerce) The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.

Holder is much used as the second part of a compound; as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder,etc.