Copyholder

Noun

1. A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
2. A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.<!--Now dated in commercial publishing, where paper manuscript and paper foul proofs are increasingly unusual forms of copy for {{w|digital typesetting}}.-->
3. A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.<!--A component of an editorial system that is now rarely used (in the 21st century). For its details see Skillin et al 1974, Words Into Type, 3rd ed, Prentice Hall, pp. 70 ff.-->