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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Freeholder

/frēh'-ōlˌ-dẽr/ · Free·hold·er · IPA /frˈiːhˌoʊldər/
01 n. The possessor of a freehold.
  1. 1.
    The possessor of a freehold.(Law)
  2. 2.
    A person who owns local property and has been a resident for a certain period of years; -- used in some U.S. counties.[U.S., local]
  3. 3.
    A member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of some county, such a board being a form of legislative and administrive body which controls the government in some counties in the United States.(Politics, U.S) [U.S., local]