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Webster 1913 Edition
Bottleholder
Bot′tle-holdˊer
,Noun.
1.
One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; – so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
2.
One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer.
[Colloq.]
Lord Palmerston considered himself the
bottleholder
of oppressed states. The London Times.
2.
The puffin.
Definition 2024
bottleholder
bottleholder
English
Noun
bottleholder (plural bottleholders)
- (colloquial) One who attends a pugilist in a prizefight.
- (colloquial, by extension) One who assists or supports another in a contest; a backer.
- Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder of oppressed states. — The London Times.